Alert wristband device
OwnerVicki L Hobaninventor
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Abstract
An alert wristband device for use by a swimmer includes a wristband, an alert coupled to the wristband for movement between a stored condition and a deployed condition, and a pull coupled to the alert. The pull has a rigid, enlarged head which defines a prominent grasping point on the wristband for the swimmer to pull when the swimmer is in distress. The alert is a flag, and in the stored condition of the alert, the flag is within an interior storage volume inside the wristband. The flag moves into the deployed condition in response to the swimmer pulling on the pull, so that the flag is pulled out of the wristband and may be waved to signal distress.
Claims17
A device comprising:
- a toroidal sleeve having an inner surface and an opposed outer surface;
- an interior volume extends within the sleeve and is bounded by the inner surface;
- an opening in the sleeve extends into the interior volume;
- an alert is coupled to the sleeve for movement between a stored condition and a deployed condition;
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- a pull is coupled to the alert, the pull having a rigid, enlarged head which is larger than the opening in the sleeve;
- wherein in the stored condition of the alert, the head is outside the opening.
A device comprising:
- a toroidal sleeve bounding a toroidal interior volume extending continuously within the sleeve and formed with an opening;
- an alert coupled within the interior volume for movement between a stored condition and a deployed condition;
- a pull coupled to the alert to move the alert from the stored condition to the deployed condition, the pull including a rigid, enlarged head which is larger than the opening in the sleeve;
- a ring is formed on the head of the pull and is coupled to the alert;
- in the stored condition of the alert, the alert is within the sleeve, the pull is seated in the opening and directed away from the sleeve, the ring of the pull is in a snug-fit engagement in the opening, and the head of the pull is disposed outside of the opening;
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- in the deployed condition of the alert, the alert is outside the sleeve.
A device comprising:
- a toroidal sleeve bounding a toroidal interior volume extending continuously within the sleeve, the sleeve formed with an opening extending into the interior volume;
- an alert coupled within the interior volume for movement between a stored condition and a deployed condition through the opening;
- a pull is coupled to the alert to move the alert from the stored condition to the deployed condition, the pull having a rigid, enlarged head which is larger than the opening;
- in the stored condition of the alert, the alert is concealed within the sleeve, and the pull is seated in the opening and is directed away from the sleeve;
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- in the deployed condition of the alert, the alert is outside the sleeve and is visible.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.