Phosphorescent rescue line throw-bag
OwnerJ. Steven Grooverinventor
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Abstract
A glow-in-the-dark rescue line throw-bag having a phosphorescent rope line loosely stored in a receptacle having a transparent sidewall. A first end of the phosphorescent rope line is secured to the receptacle, with the central portion of the phosphorescent rope line stored in the rope storage volume. A second end of the phosphorescent rope line may be grasped by a user at an open end of the receptacle. When the throw-bag is deployed, and upon the phosphorescent rope being substantially charged, a rescuee who has fallen into the water may easily view the glowing rope line through the transparent wall of the receptacle as it is being thrown in the air. In this manner, a rescuee may better sight where the throw-bag has landed in the water.
Claims11
A glow-in-the-dark rescue line throw bag comprising:
- a receptacle having a see-through sidewall surrounding a rope storage volume, said see-through sidewall extending to a closed end formed by an end wall and an open end opposite said closed end leading into said rope storage volume;
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- a phosphorescent rope line having a first end fixedly attached to said receptacle, an elongated body portion loosely storable within said rope storage volume and viewable through said see-through sidewall of said receptacle, and a second end adjacent said open end for grasping by a user,
- whereby the elongated central portion, upon being sufficiently charged by a light source, glows through said see-through sidewall when sufficiently dark, as it progressively exits the second end of said receptacle when said user throws said throw bag forward with said second end held stationary.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.