Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Water rescue or life protecting apparatus
Patent
1997-09-04
1998-11-24
Swinehart, Ed L.
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Water rescue or life protecting apparatus
441 84, B63C 900
Patent
active
058399321
ABSTRACT:
A buoyant aquatic life-saving assembly including a portable waist belt having a plurality of storage pouches in which rescue gear is stored and from which the gear may be released during emergencies. At least one storage pouch houses an inflatable life belt designed to encircle an individual during water rescue and which incorporates a lift harness and a second pouch contains a throw line adapted to allow both fixed anchoring of the rescue gear or casting of the inflatable life belt. In a preferred embodiment, one or more storage pouches are on the buoyant waist encircling belt for storing additional rescue equipment.
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