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US 11,401,015 B2Granted
Portable survival device
OwnerPeter J. Grossmaninventor
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Abstract
Summary, the system is a 3D pop-up or pop-out survival system. The system sometimes involves a device that is worn on a person. The device potentially includes an activation button that, when pressed, releases an inflatable or memory spring pop-up/pop-out.
Claims10
A wearable device for concealing a waterborne user comprising:
- A main housing unit;
- A fastening means;
- Wherein the fastening means permits the user to wear the device around the waist or to fix it to some other item;
- An inflatable member;
- Wherein the inflatable member, when not engaged, is wholly contained within the main housing unit;
- Wherein the inflatable member, when engaged, is defined by a hollow cubic shape with five sidewalls that are all defined by a cover material that is coated with a fire retardant material;
- Wherein the inflatable member, when engaged, defines a floatation device that is configured to surround and conceal any part of the waterborne user that is above water while the floatation device is floating on a water surface;
- An inflation means;
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- An engagement node.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.