Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Water rescue or life protecting apparatus – Personal flotation device
Patent
1982-11-08
1985-05-28
Blix, Trygve M.
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Water rescue or life protecting apparatus
Personal flotation device
441 24, 114296, 206829, 220DIG19, 272 71, A63B 6912
Patent
active
045197830
ABSTRACT:
A flotation restraint apparatus for use in a body of water comprising a longitudinal buoy of sufficient buoyancy to provide flotation along the longitudinal axis of a swimmer, an annular flotation collar connecting to the longitudinal buoy and extending about the body of the swimmer, a restraint line having one end attached radially proximate the point of attachment of the longitudinal buoy to the annular float collar, and an anchor connecting the other end of the restraint line to a fixed object.
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Blix Trygve M.
Brahan Thomas J.
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