Water activated safety light and flotation device using
AssigneeThe Flewelling Ford Family Trust
InventorsTimothy D. F. Ford, Stephane Gascon
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
There is disclosed a flotation device such as a life vest or inflatable raft for keeping a user afloat when in water, the flotation device comprising a light source attached to the flotation device, a water activated switch, wherein the light source is illuminated when the water activated switch is submersed in the water, and a control panel mounted to an outer surface of the flotation device and comprised of at least one user activated switch, wherein the light source is extinguished when the user activated switch is depressed, the control panel having instructions printed thereon.
Claims7
A method for changing a mode of a light source attached to a flotation device and comprised of at least one light from a first mode to a second mode, the method comprising:
- providing a control panel on the flotation device, wherein said panel is accessible and wherein said control panel comprises at least two switches;
- and
- depressing said switches substantially simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.