# US 7,744,436 B2 · Rescue mat

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- Number: US 7,744,436 B2
- Document ID: US7744436B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/273,314
- Filed: 2008-11-18
- Published: 2009-07-23
- Granted: 2010-06-29
- Earliest claimed: 2004-12-01
- Assignees: BRK Brands, Inc.
- Inventors: Robert C. Pole, III; Mark Ball; Charles G. Detmar, Jr.; Jay Crookston
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7744436B2

## CPC

- B63B 35/34: Pontoons (floating bridges E01D15/14)
- B63B 34/50: Body-supporting buoyant devices, e.g. bathing boats or water cycles (swimming aids A63B31/00)
- B63C 9/32: Equipment adapted to use on ice
- B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06)
- B63C: LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS (floating nets, floating slipways, or the like for recovering aircraft from the water B63B35/52)

## Abstract

A portable, roll-able or fold-able mat for supporting one or more individuals includes a non-inflatable, buoyant core. The core includes buoyancy sufficient to support the one or more individuals on a surface of the mat. The core includes at least one layer of foam and a non-foam layer connected with at least one surface of the layer of foam.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A portable, rollable, generally rectangular mat for supporting one or more individuals, comprising:
a non-inflatable, buoyant core having a first surface and an opposed second surface, said core comprising three layers of polyolefin foam bonded together with flame laminations to achieve a core thickness of about two inches, said core having a length of about 25 feet and a width of about 5 feet;
a first woven polyethylene material flame bonded to said first surface of said core;
a second woven polyethylene material flame bonded to said second surface of said core;
said first and second woven polyethylene materials extending beyond said core along said length of said core;
said first and second woven polyethylene materials interconnected with sewing so as to form a sheath around said core: and
a strap provided on one longitudinal end portion of said mat for an individual to hold on to said mat, said strap extending transverse to said length of said core.