Emergency rescue device

An emergency rescue assembly for deployment from a boat to rescue a person in a body of water comprising in combination:

• a container including side walls and a top wall fixed together to define an open ended bottom;
• said container further including a bottom panel adapted to be closed over said open ended bottom;
• means for releasably securing said bottom panel over said open ended bottom;
• means for attaching said container to the vehicle in an overhanging position above the body of water;
• an inflatable personal flotation device stored within said container;
• first means for automatically inflating said personal flotation device;
• an inflatable signal cone comprising an elongated cone-shaped air-filled bladder capable of remaining erect upon inflation and a weight disposed at the bottom end thereof for maintaining said signal cone in an upright position in the body of water upon inflation of said bladder;
• second means for automatically inflating said signal cone;
• a sea anchor;
• first tether means connecting said sea anchor to said personal flotation device or to said signal cone;
• and
• second tether means connecting said personal flotation device and said signal cone together,
• whereby, upon actuation of said securing means, said bottom panel falls open, said personal flotation device and said signal cone fall directly from within said container into the body of water, and both said inflating means are actuated to inflate said personal flotation device and said signal cone after dropping from within said container.