Man overboard rescue system
AssigneeC-Hero, LLC
InventorShane Michael Smith
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Abstract
A man overboard system may a main body 200 with the main body quickly and easily being attached and detached to a ship's bitt a deck bitt and/or a flat mount system, with the flat mount system attached to a ship, pier or other object. Thus, the system is very portable and 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.
Claims8
A man over board rescue system comprising:
- a) a main body (200), the main body having an upper front end attached to a vertical section (1322) of an fixed upper winch plate mount (1320), the fixed upper winch plate mount further comprising an angled horizontal section (1324);
- b) the angled horizontal section of the fixed upper winch plate attached to a broad winch plate (1350) and the broad winch plate attached to a winch (220);
- a rope clutch also attached to the broad winch plate;
- c) a tension line (295) attached to the broad winch plate and attached a distal end of a davit;
- d) the davit having a proximal end in pivotal attachment to a lower boom mount (900) the lower boom mount in fixed attachment to the main body.
A man over board rescue system comprising:
- a) a main body (200) the main body having an upper front end in fixed attached to a hinge plate (1510) the hinge plate having an upper end in pivotal attachment to a broad winch plate (1350);
- b) the broad winch plate attached to a winch (220) and the broad winch plate also attached to a rope clutch;
- c) the broad winch plate having a lower side in pivotal connection to an upper end of a strut (1540) the strut having a lower end in pivotal connection to the main body;
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- d) the broad winch plate attached to a davit by use of tension line (295).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.