Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Buoy – Marker buoy
Patent
1993-12-16
1994-11-01
Swinehart, Edwin L.
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Buoy
Marker buoy
441 26, B63B 2216
Patent
active
053603591
ABSTRACT:
A portable buoy marker assembly includes an elongated hollow buoy tube having a flotation plug therein for providing flotational capability thereto, an end cap releasably attached to one end of the buoy tube and adapted for quick release therefrom, an elongated flexible line attached at one end to the buoy tube and extending through and from the buoy tube and attached at the opposite end to the end cap, and a reel attached to the flexible line and being adapted for winding a substantial portion of the length of the flexible line thereabout. The reel with the flexible line wound thereabout is positioned within the lower portion of the buoy tube and the remaining portion of the length of the flexible line is positioned in the buoy tube between the end of the reel and the end cap fitted on the lower end of the buoy tube. A weighted object is mounted on the remaining portion of the flexible line. Also, a lanyard is attached to the buoy tube for attachment to diving equipment.
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Flanagan John R.
Swinehart Edwin L.
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