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Simon Newcomb, astronomer ; Said in 1902, less than two years before the first flight at Kitty Hawk
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110312235 | COLLAPSIBLE FLOATATION SYSTEM Various embodiments and aspects of the disclosed application relates to a rescue device that can be used to assist in rescue of a person or other entity from a body of water. The rescue device comprises a floatation mechanism, a delivery mechanism, and a retrieval mecha... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110269356 | BOATING SAFETY LIFELINE The present invention relates to a mountable safety device for a boat comprising: a canister where said canister includes as mounting lip at one end and an opening at the opposite end; a lifeline assembly, where said assembly includes a stored position and a released po... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110207377 | BEACH LIFESAVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DEPLOYMENT A surf lifesaving system comprises two floating lines extending from two spaced apart tethering points fixed on the beach to a buoy anchored offshore on the seabed. The floating lines are connected to sinking lines which pass through pulleys attached to the buoy in cont... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20100233923 | MAN-OVER-BOARD RESCUE DEVICE A man overboard rescue device for use on a boat has a net with means of attaching a first end thereof to a boat and with a second opposed end thereof adapted for attaching to a hoisting means. The device further comprising a sinking means, a foreguy and an extendable po... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20090169304 | INFLATABLE ROPE An inflatable rope comprises three layers, a bladder, a sheath, and a perforated bag to keep the inflatable rope in a compressed form. The compressed form can be hurled through the air at great distance to a person overboard. The inflatable rope can be inflated to a siz... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090011668 | INFLATABLE ROPE An inflatable rope comprises three layers, a bladder, a sheath, and a fitted, perforated plastic bag to keep the inflatable rope in a compressed form. The compressed form can be hurled through the air at great distance to a person overboard. The inflatable rope can be i... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080254693 | Rescue line device A rescue line device is provided which includes a casing member, a rescue line and a float member. The casing member includes an inner volume that stores the rescue line during non-emergency situations. The line is connected at a first end to the casing member and at a ... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20060160443 | Life saver buoy A life saver buoy in the form of a ring has a peripheral groove directed toward a center of the ring for winding a life line there around and therein. The life line is fastened to the ring at one end thereof by passing the end into a bore. The bore is directed toward a ... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20050009423 | Line capture system and method A system and method involving a line capture device (10) and a flotation apparatus (49), the line capture device (100) having a body (14), at least one line retainer, each line retainer having a line retainer portion (16) and a latchin... | 01/13/2005 |