Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Water rescue or life protecting apparatus – Lifeline
Patent
1995-09-06
1996-12-17
Avila, Stephen
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Water rescue or life protecting apparatus
Lifeline
B63C 926
Patent
active
055847366
ABSTRACT:
Rescue apparatus comprising a self-propelled missile mounted on a hand-held launcher and arranged to carry a flotation device in a collapsed condition from the launcher to a distressed target, the launcher and flotation device being connected by a flexible line, so that when the missile is aimed and launched toward the target, the flotation device is carried to the target and then deployed automatically to provide flotation support and establish a "life-line" from the launcher.
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Advertisement--Rescue Magazine Jan./Feb. 1996--p. 29.
Brochure--A.I.R. [Air Initiated Rescue] System Rescue Systems International--Undated.
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