Man overboard rescue system
AssigneeC-Hero, LLC
InventorShane Michael Smith
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Abstract
A man over board rescue system 100 may comprise a main body 200 with the main body quickly and easily being attached and detached to a ship's bitt. Thus, the system may be quickly set up prior to departing and quickly put away at the end of a voyage. The system allows for the fast and efficient rescue of a person overboard without need for a rescuer to enter the water or to risk bodily injury in retrieving a person in the water. The system provides secure mechanical means allowing for a winch to be used in the support of a person which is a significant departure from the prior art.
Claims3
A man over board rescue system comprising:
- a) a main body (200), the main body comprising a tube channel (210) the tube channel attached to an upper spindle block (273) and an lower spindle block (270) with a spindle (267) disposed between the upper spindle block and the lower spindle block;
- the spindle attached to a spindle gear (265) with the spindle gear in geared attachment to a worm gear (260) with the worm gear attached to a handle (263);
- the spindle having a top end attached to a winch plate (225) with the winch plate attached to a winch (220) and the winch plate supporting a rope clutch 230;
- the spindle having a lower end attached to a spindle connector (275), the winch plate (225) comprising a lower side, with the lower side comprising a pair of cleat points (226), the cleat points used to adjust the length of a tension line (295) so as to allow the main body (200) to comport with bitts;
- b) a lift line (290) attached to the winch and the lift line in contact with a distal end of a davit (300);
- c) a proximal end of the davit attached to the spindle connector;
- d) the tube channel (210) further comprising a plurality of back angle pieces (215) attached to the tube channel by use of adjustment screws (216), the attachment screws, attached within voids defined by the tube channel, the back angle pieces used as contact points upon a round bitt;
- e) the main body further comprising a plurality of latch clamps (250) attached to the tube channel (210) the latch clamps in frictional attachment to a strap system (400) the strap system comprising a top strap (410) and a lower strap (405) with the lower strap in frictional attachment to an adjustment strap (405);
- the strap assembly used to attach the main body (200) to a bitt;
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- f) the main body further comprising a plurality of feet (240) attached to a lower end of the tube channel (210) the feet stabilizing the main body even when attached to a bitt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.