Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Water rescue or life protecting apparatus – Lifeline
Patent
1996-08-15
1997-11-25
Avila, Stephen
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Water rescue or life protecting apparatus
Lifeline
441 95, 441108, B63C 926
Patent
active
056905246
ABSTRACT:
Life support apparatus comprising a flotation device in a collapsed condition which is launcher to a distressed target, the flotation device being connected by a flexible line, so that when the flotation device arrives at or near the target, it is deployed and inflated automatically to provide flotation support and establish a "life-line" from the launcher to the target.
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