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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7744436 | Rescue mat 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 ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7410401 | Multipurpose water rescue apparatus An apparatus that provides for rescue of victims trapped in a body of water is disclosed. The invention utilizes a conventional fire hose as the main component of the invention. One end of the hose is capped with a retrieval end comprising a solid cap with a swivel ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7247070 | Portable ice rescue craft A portable ice rescue craft includes a plurality of locking raft sections that are foldable for storage and transport. A drive unit includes a drive wheel driven by an electric motor via a drive belt. The drive wheel may include a plurality of spikes configured to e... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7131675 | Camp fire tool A tool to be used for controlling campfires. This tool is has a bright or reflective mainshaft to place users on notice of its location, and its potentially dangerous temperature. This tool has a hook portion to accommodate standard sizes of camp fire wood for the c... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6641446 | Rescue sled A rescue sled for picking up victims of water or ice accidents and transporting them to safety, which sled can be carried in the back of an ambulance or other vehicle.... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6520817 | Rescue aid device and method for using same A rescue aid device and method for using same includes a base that can be affixed to ice or snow, for example, using spikes or mechanical fasteners. The affixed base is used as a secure platform for effectuating a rescue. The rescue aid device may include... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6398606 | Rescue apparatus A water or land rescue system is provided which includes a spring loaded firearm and rescue device. The firearm includes a barrel, a shoulder stock and a trigger. The rescue device is adapted to be releasably secured to one end of the spring situated with... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6379206 | Rescue holding clamp A rescue clamp rescues precariously located victims, such as swimmers in water, such as seas, rivers, streams, ponds or swimming pools, climbers in deep ravines, persons on top of a burning building or persons fallen down a well. The rescue clamp includes... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6379205 | Rescue holding clamp A rescue clamp rescues precariously located victims, such as swimmers in water, such as seas, rivers, streams, ponds or swimming pools, climbers in deep ravines, persons on top of a burning building or persons fallen down a well. The rescue clamp includes... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6244639 | Ice gripping device with hand and wrist straps The ice gripping device is provided with hand and wrist straps and is designed to be worn on the hand or glove of the wearer. It includes an elastic hand strap designed to fit over the hand. It also includes a non-elastic heavy duty wrist strap having a p... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6190222 | Thin ice inflatable rescue ladder A rescue ramp is provided having a dual lobed, hinged inflatable ramp having two pairs of spaced inflatable tubes and a flexible floor mounted between each and connecting the tubes. A rope ladder is mounted to the floors of the lobes.... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6122770 | Ice claw A retractable/extensible spike normally mounted in retractable disposition for slidable advance motion from within a protective sleeve-like retainer and held within a glove or other hand-engaging arrangement so that the tip of the spike may be extended ou... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5924752 | Ice spike A safety device comprising an ice spike having a mounting piece strapped to the forearm of the wearer with a spike support plate attached to the mounting piece by a hinge. An opener is biased to position the spike support plate in an open position and the... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5888111 | Inflatable ice mud water rescue craft An inflatable ice mud water rescue craft has an inflatable closed-loop tube that encircles a floor member and two rescue openings, one inboard at the bow and one inboard at the stern of the craft. Preferably the floor member is inflatable. The tube and fl... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5827098 | Cold weather life saving device A cold weather life saving device, useful in surviving a fall through ice into water, provides an elongate belt, sized to be worn about the waist of an individual, typically over heavy clothing. The belt provides a tubular center portion that is typically... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5807153 | Ice rescue vehicle An ice rescue vehicle used to aid a victim who has fallen through thin ice. The ice rescue vehicle is capable of traveling over ice, water, a broken ice and water mixture, mud, snow and solid ground. The vehicle has a buoyant hollow sled pulled behind a t... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5624292 | Ladder bridge mat An inflatable bag which can be attached to an ordinary ladder quickly and easily. Also, the bag can be used to secure multiple ladders together, thereby extending the distance a rescue team can go in order to rescue a victim. Also, since most fire departm... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5427557 | Self-propelled ice rescue device and component A self-propelled ice rescue device component, as well as the device itself. The component includes (a) a main support frame; (b) a motor attached to the main support frame; (c) a power source connected to the motor for driving the motor; (d) a control mec... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5320567 | Aquatic rescue device A rescue device for use by an operator on an ice surface and in water. The device has a pair of elongated buoyant bodies which are pivotally connected for movement relative to each other between an operative position in which the bodies are spaced and lie... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5310229 | Ice emergency aid and recovery method incorporating same An emergency aid is provided along with a recovery method incorporating same for use by a person who has fallen through the surface of a frozen body of water. The aid includes a pair of support elements that each have a hand grip. Each support element inc... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5209685 | Ice lifesaving device An accessory serving as an aid for saving the life of an "ice" fisherman, snow mobile operator, or other recreation or sports minded person who ventures onto an ice covered lake, pond or other body of water and breaks through the ice. The accessory includ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 4990114 | Inflatable rescue ramp The invention provides an inflatable rescue ramp having a pair of spaced inflatable tubes which join at one end to define a bow. A flexible web is mounted between and connects to the tubes at outside seams. That is, the web passes under each tube and is a... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4968046 | Lightweight amphibious water-onto-ice rescue sled Foam is sandwiched between baffles and two sheets of low friction enameled aluminum. The aluminum is bent to form waterproof seams between the sheets along the top edge and small runners along the bottom sheet. The body of the sled is shoulder width and n... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4865571 | Hand-held ice grab and water paddle A flat rigid rectangular plate has four corners bent down to form rigid V-shaped points to grip on an ice surface. The plate is larger than an adult hand and serves as a hand-held paddle in water. A longer spike or triangular point extends away from the p... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4815997 | Set of ice prods An ice prod set comprises two ice prods, each of which comprises a handgrip having attached to one end thereof a metal spike which extends coaxially with the handgrip and each of which prods is held detachably in a two-part prod holder. A first safety lin... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4717362 | Lifesaving craft A lifesaving craft comprises a flat-bottomed elongate buoyant structure 91) which on its lower side is free from projections and on its upper side has a number of grab means (5, 17, 20) and means for keeping a person in distress on the craft. At least at ... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4448433 | Toboggan platform The Toboggan Platform consists of a platform which may be connected to a snow toboggan on one side by means of a brace and two hinges. Opposite said hinges is a snow ski connected to said platform by bolts through said platform, two blocks and said ski. A... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4179764 | Lifesaving device A lifesaving device having a pair of inflatable floatation bags which may be inflated by means of compressed gas and attached to a folding platform to form a device suitable for use over water or on ice or in a combination of water and ice to retrieve a p... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4079953 | Ice rescue craft An elongated, narrow, buoyant, ice rescue craft having a flat, planar, hard bottom, upwardly inclined forward and rearward end walls, upstanding side walls and a full length, flat, planar, top deck of hard material is formed of two identical half sections... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4002366 | Accessory serving as life saving aid An accessory for serving as an aid for saving the life of an "ice" fisherman, snow mobile operator, or other recreation or sports minded person who ventures onto an ice covered lake, pond or other body of water and breaks through the ice--the accessory be... | 01/11/1977 |
