Rescue device
OwnerThomas B. McGlinninventor
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Abstract
A rescue device for assisting in removing a person from the water including an elongate rigid member 10 having a curved portion 14 adjacent one end 12 thereof. A flexible strap 20 is connected at the end 12 and to a slider 26 which is slidable along the portion 14. In the position illustrated the loop formed by the strap 20 and the portion 14 are passed over the person in the water and the device is then pulled towards the end 14, so that the slider moves along the portion 14, thereby reducing the circumference of the loop to the length of the strap. Continued movement will then retain the person and pull the person towards the operator.
Claims7
A rescue device comprising:
- an elongate rigid member having one end and an opposite end, said rigid member including a generally straight elongate portion extending from said opposite end and a substantially semi-circular arcuate portion connected to the end of said straight portion remote from said opposite end, said substantially semi-circular arcuate portion extending to said one end;
- a flexible strap having first and second ends, the first end of the strap being secured to said one end of the rigid member;
- a slider slidable along said substantially semi-circular annular portion of said rigid member, from a position adjacent the junction of said semi-circular arcuate portion and said generally straight portion of said rigid member, said slider being slidable towards said one end;
- a stop at said one end effective to prevent said slider from sliding beyond said one end, the second end of the strap being attached to said slider;
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- means to releasably retain the slider at said position, and with the slider located at said position, the strap and said semi-circular arcuate portion of the rigid member together form a substantially circular loop which can be placed over the body of a person to be rescued from water, and the opposite end of the member can then be pulled, thereby causing the slider to move towards said one end of the rigid member, effective to tighten the strap around a person.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.