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US 4,123,813 AGranted
Buoyant float and flag assembly
OwnerRonald J. Adamsinventor
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Abstract
A float and flag assembly for use by divers includes a buoyant annular ring or member mounted on an elongated staff. A flag or signalling device is mounted on the staff at one end thereof. A lead weight or the like is secured to the other end of the post.
Claims10
A flotation device, comprising:
- (a) an elongated staff,
- (b) an annular buoyant member,
- (c) means for mounting the buoyant member to the staff, comprising:
- (a) a cylindrical body having a recessed sidewall, a planar top wall and a planar bottom wall, the body being provided with an internal passageway having a diameter less than that of the staff such that the body is frictionally retained on the staff.
- (d) a visually observable signalling device detachably mounted onto the staff at one end thereof, and
- (e) means for detachably locking the visually observable signalling device onto the staff, the locking means, comprising:
- (1) a biassed member secured to the visually observable device, and
- (2) means for receiving the biassed member formed on the staff, the receiving means releasably retaining the biassed member upon the mounting of the device to the staff.
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A flotation device, comprising:
- (a) an elongated staff,
- (b) an annular buoyant member,
- (c) means for mounting the buoyant member to the staff, comprising:
- a cylindrical body having a recessed sidewall, a planar top wall and a planar bottom wall, the body being provided with an internal passageway having a diameter less than that of the staff such that the body is frictionally retained on the staff,
- (d) a visually observable signalling device detachably mounted onto the staff at one end thereof, and
- (e) means for detachably locking the visually observable signalling device onto the staff.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.