Marine safety signal device

A marine safety signal device, which comprises an elongated line member, one end of said line member secured to a boat, a balloon element secured to another end of said line element, said balloon element including an inflatable bladder portion, a cylindrically shaped sleeve having an open end and a closed end, said bladder portion secured into said open end of said sleeve, a one way check valve element disposed in said closed end of said sleeve, a cylindrically shaped tubular element, one end of said tubular element affixed onto said closed end of said sleeve around said valve, a radar detectable element formed from three perpendicularly intersecting metallic reflecting elements having holes therethrough, said other end of said line member tied through one of said holes, means for inflating said balloon element including a bottle shaped housing having a base with a center opening therethrough, an upwardly extending sidewall and a neck portion, said tubularly shaped element sealed by a water and pressure sensitive adhesive within said neck portion, a needle like piercing element disposed in said cylindrically shaped element and extending outwardly from a free end of said tubular element, a gas cylinder having a base and an upwardly extending sidewall and a neck portion disposed in a chamber of said bottle shaped housing, said gas cylinder having a gas lighter than air disposed therein, a piercable valve element disposed in said neck of said gas valve, means for pushing said gas cylinder forwardly within said bottle shaped housing whereby said piercing element pierces said piercing valve, wherein said pushing means includes a cylindrically shaped rod slidably disposed through said center opening of said base of said bottle shaped housing, a first disc element affixed to one end of said rod within said chamber, said first disc element hitting against said base of said gas cylinder, a second disc element affixed to another end of said rod externally to said bottle shaped housing, means for hitting said disc element having a hammer arm, said hammer arm pivotally mounted in a bracket secured to said boat, said hammer arm having a head at one end thereof, said head hitting against said second disc element, a spring element, said spring element communicating between said boat and said hammer arm, means for maintaining said hammer arm in a cocked position including a water soluble thermoplastic rod, said water soluble rod secured between said boat and another end of said hammer arm, said rod dissolved by water to release said hammer arm from said cocked position.