Personal life rafts
AssigneeLig Sciences, Inc
InventorSang Beom Lee
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Abstract
A personal life raft includes a rigid compartment, a first flexible arm member in sealed engagement with a first port on a first side of the rigid compartment, a second flexible arm member in sealed engagement with a second port on a second side of the rigid compartment. Each of the first flexible arm member and the second flexible arm member are impervious to water or waterproof such that water does not pass therethrough. The rigid compartment has a body chamber therein having a volume to encompass at least an upper torso of a user of the personal life raft. The rigid compartment displaces sufficient water so that the personal life raft is buoyant while in use by the user.
Claims21
A personal life raft, comprising:
- a rigid compartment, a first flexible arm member in sealed engagement with a first port on a first side of the rigid compartment, a second flexible arm member in sealed engagement with a second port on a second side of the rigid compartment, each of the first flexible arm member and the second flexible arm member being impervious to water, the rigid compartment having a body chamber therein having a volume to encompass at least an upper torso of a user of the personal life raft, the rigid compartment displacing sufficient water so that the personal life raft is buoyant while in use by the user.
A method of providing life raft protection for a person on or near water comprising providing a personal life raft, comprising a rigid compartment, a first flexible arm member in sealed engagement with a first port on a first side of the rigid compartment, a second flexible arm member in sealed engagement with a second port on a second side of the rigid compartment, each of the first flexible arm member and the second flexible arm member being impervious to water, the rigid compartment having a body chamber therein having a volume to encompass at least an upper torso of the person, the rigid compartment displacing sufficient water so that the personal life raft is buoyant while in use by the person.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.