Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Water rescue or life protecting apparatus – For use over ice
Reexamination Certificate
2008-11-18
2010-06-29
Swinehart, Edwin (Department: 3617)
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Water rescue or life protecting apparatus
For use over ice
C441S129000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07744436
ABSTRACT:
A portable, roll-able or fold-able mat for supporting one or more individuals includes a non-inflatable, buoyant core. The core includes buoyancy sufficient to support the one or more individuals on a surface of the mat. The core includes at least one layer of foam and a non-foam layer connected with at least one surface of the layer of foam.
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A gym mat has been used in the water at Corey Lake in Michigan beginning in the summer of 2002.
Overton's Catalog, cover page and pp. 157-158, catalog expired Dec. 31, 2003.
Ball Mark
Crookston Jay
Detmar, Jr. Charles G.
Pole, III Robert C.
BRK Brands, Inc.
Shurupoff Lawrence J.
Swinehart Edwin
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