Submersible buoy, inflation control system and kit
OwnerGlenn S. Welchinventor
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Abstract
A submersible buoy comprising a body defining a space; a gas compressor in fluid communication with a pressure vessel, where the gas compressor is capable of releasing gas from the pressure vessel into the space and of sucking gas out of the space into the pressure vessel; a battery that powers the gas compressor; and a controller in electronic communication with the gas compressor, where the controller controls the operations of the gas compressor.
Claims20
A submersible buoy comprising:
- an airtight, watertight, flexible body defining a space, comprising:
- a mooring end attachable to a mooring line;
- and
- an exposed end that faces away from water when said submersible buoy is floating;
- and
- an inflation control system disposed at least partially within said space, said inflation control system comprising:
- a pressure vessel shaped and dimensioned to store compressed gas;
- a gas valve in fluid communication with said pressure vessel and said space;
- a gas compressor in fluid communication with said pressure vessel such that said gas compressor is capable of performing operations comprising:
- releasing gas from said pressure vessel into said space;
- and
- sucking gas from said space into said pressure vessel;
- a controller in electronic communication with said gas compressor and said gas valve such that said controller controls at least a position of said gas valve and said operations of said gas compressor;
- and
- a battery in electric communication with at least said gas compressor such that said battery powers said operations of said gas compressor.
The submersible buoy as claimed in 10, further comprising a GPS-enabled device, wherein:
- said GPS-enabled device determines a location of said submersible buoy;
- said GPS-enabled device is in wireless electronic communication with said user interface of said remote control;
- and
- said user interface of said remote control displays the location of said submersible buoy as determined by said GPS-enabled device.
An inflation control system for disposal within a buoy having an airtight, watertight, flexible body defining a space, said inflation control system comprising:
- a pressure vessel shaped and dimensioned to store compressed gas;
- a gas valve in fluid communication with said pressure vessel and said space;
- a gas compressor in fluid communication with said pressure vessel such that said gas compressor is capable of performing operations comprising:
- releasing gas from said pressure vessel into said space;
- and
- sucking gas from said space into said pressure vessel;
- a controller in electronic communication with said gas compressor and said gas valve such that said controller controls at least a position of said gas valve and said operations of said gas compressor;
- and
- a battery in electric communication with at least said gas compressor such that said battery powers said operations of said gas compressor.
A submersible buoy kit comprising:
- a submersible buoy comprising:
- an airtight, watertight, flexible body defining a space, comprising:
- a mooring end attachable to a mooring line;
- and
- an exposed end that faces away from water when said submersible buoy is floating;
- and
- an inflation control system disposed at least partially within said space, said inflation control system comprising:
- a pressure vessel shaped and dimensioned to store compressed gas;
- a gas valve in fluid communication with said pressure vessel and said space;
- a gas compressor in fluid communication with said pressure vessel such that said gas compressor is capable of performing operations comprising:
- releasing gas from said pressure vessel into said space;
- and
- sucking gas from said space into said pressure vessel;
- a controller in electronic communication with said gas compressor and said gas valve such that said controller controls at least a position of said gas valve and said operations of said gas compressor;
- and
- a battery in electric communication with at least said gas compressor such that said battery powers said operations of said gas compressor;
- an anchor;
- and
- a flexible line comprising a first end attached to said mooring end of said submersible buoy and a second end attached to said anchor.
The submersible buoy as claimed in 16, wherein said submersible buoy further comprises a GPS-enabled device, wherein:
- said GPS-enabled device determines a location of said submersible buoy;
- said GPS-enabled device is in wireless electronic communication with said user interface of said remote control;
- and
- said user interface of said remote control displays the location of said submersible buoy as determined by said GPS-enabled device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.