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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8016627 | Personal water safety device A personal water safety device includes a strap and a housing attached to the strap. The strap includes a cinch and a fastening device. The housing includes an inflatable bladder, an inflation assembly disposed within the inflatable bladder, and an actuator. The act... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7347757 | Rescue apparatus and method A rescue apparatus has a cuff member, an inflatable bladder affixed to the cuff member, a gas line affixed to the cuff member so as to be in fluid communication with the bladder, and a gas canister affixed to the cuff member in valved fluid communication with the bl... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7267509 | Floatation device A wrist mounted inflatable floatation device to provide temporary floatation support for a swimmer, boater, wader, or other person who is in the water. A wrist mounted floatation device is conveniently worn when someone is in the water or on a boat. It is attached t... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7198608 | Appendage cover with inflatable ring and method of using same A cover is described for providing a protected area on a user's arm or leg, and especially over a cast on the arm or leg. The cover includes a sheath portion with an open end and a closed end. A user's arm is placed within the sheath. An inflatable ring is cooperabl... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7101241 | Floatation apparatus and method A floatation method and apparatus for effectively supporting and effectively exercising a person in a liquid. A method and apparatus for effectively playing a game in a liquid. The liquid may be water or any liquid used for cleaning or moisturizing a person's skin, ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7052346 | X-stream whitewater suit This equipment is made up of one torso protection piece, two forearm protectors and two lower leg protectors. The arm and leg protectors have fins or rudders to assist in steering through white water. The arm proctor fins may also be used as paddles in calm water. A... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047966 | Lifesaving floatation and breathing device This lifesaving floatation and breathing device comprises first and second inflatable bags having similar bag volumes, and a mouthpiece communicating with both bags. A pressurized gas cylinder filled with breathable gas is mounted to one of the bags. This pressurize... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6938275 | Wrist band construction for balloons A wrist band construction (10) for connecting at least one helium filled balloon (100) provided with a tether (101) to the wrist of a child wherein, the wrist band construction (10) includes a wrist band member (20) fabricated from... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926570 | Rescue apparatus A rescue apparatus includes a flexible element and a sleeve element. The flexible element may be a rope or tube used to allow the sleeve element to reach a victim. The sleeve element includes at least one pneumatic pillow. The victim inserts an appendage into the sl... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6805599 | Self-operatable inflation device A safety device includes a base and a cap pivotably connected to the base at one end thereof. The cap has a watch on a top thereof and a protrusion extending from an underside thereof. A pressurized air container has its sealed end inserted in an opening of the prot... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6056612 | Upper arm swimming aid An upper arm swimming aid in the form of an endless water-impermeable and air-permeable strip adapted to surround an upper arm of a wearer. The strip is formed with at least 2 inflatable segments and at least one noninflatable segments from air chambers w... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5833505 | Multipurpose float A multipurpose float is provided which employs a rotatable bar attached to a main body of the float. Four bolts, each having a snap ring disposed at the bolt head, are located in four deep holes respectively formed in four sides of the main body. The rota... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5823840 | Emergency flotation device An emergency flotation device securable about the wrist of a user that includes a bracelet assembly including an upper bracelet member and a lower bracelet member that are attached by a flexible bracelet member hinge, that are pivotable into a closed posi... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5374212 | Personal flotation equipment Personal flotation equipment has a housing securable on a wearer, the housing having a gas chamber containing gas under pressure and a flotation bag chamber containing a flexible inflatable bag having an inlet. The housing also has a passage extending fro... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5314086 | Thermal reflecting insulatable pad A flexible, thermal, reflective insulating pad which includes a first outer wall of flexible, transparent, air-impermeable material, a second outer wall of flexible, transparent, air-impermeable material sealed or fused to the first outer wall around the ... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5295884 | Float assembly The invention relates to a float assembly of the kind for use in childrens' swimming pools, the assembly having a core with a plurality of buoyant rings threaded thereon, the buoyant rings being made of plastics foam and being of two different outside dia... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5190489 | Inflatable swimming supports An inflatable swimming support adapted to be worn upon the upper arm of a user, the support comprising a major continuous and closed, torus-shaped air chamber formed of fluid-impervious, flexible material, the major air chamber forming a tubular central a... | 03/02/1993 |
| 4936804 | Non-inflatable buoyancy aid A non-inflatable buoyancy aid is described comprising an annular structure of closed cell plastic foam which is held in position about a wearer's arms and legs through positive displacement and material friction. The buoyancy aid maintains the wearer in e... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4936806 | Floatation device for swimmers A floatation device for use by swimmers and which is to be positioned over a user's upper arm in encircling relation therewith, includes an extension adapted to extend over the shoulder of the swimmer to stabilize the device against slippage longitudinall... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4813899 | Inflatable pocket life preserver A life preserver used in pairs characterized by an inflatable air bag with an opening through the center for an arm to slip through. An arc-shaped inflator is attached to the top of the air bag. This also serves as a pull catch for extracting the folded p... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4694931 | Automatic tripping rescue system An automatic trippling rescue system is intended to rapidly and automatically make a rescued person integral with a rescue link (2). It is essentially comprised of a mobile inflatable sleeve (6), the axial displacement of which around the forearm of the r... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4692125 | Swimming and bathing aid The invention relates to a swimming and bathing aid especially for young children with a chest ring 19 and with two arm floating elements 17, 18 which are connected with the chest ring 19. The chest ring has such a volume that it creates along the buoyanc... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4671507 | Buoyant exercise device for use in a water environment An exercise device for use in water includes a flotation member having upper and lower inflatable chambers for surrounding the appendage of a user. A mechanism is disposed about the flotation member intermediate the chambers for adjustably securing the de... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4662850 | Life preserving device with pressure responsive switch A life preserving device is shown having a body portion with a pair of floating sections which extend in opposite directions from a centrally located fold. Each of the floating sections has an aperture adapted to receive a wearer's head. The floating sect... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4629436 | Personal flotation assistance device A personal flotation assistance device includes a housing having an open end, a cover pivotally movable from a first position closing the open end and a second position opening that end, a container of pressurized fluid having a frangible membrane, a pin ... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4538998 | Swimming and life saving device The subject matter of the invention is a swimming and rescue aid having a disk shape for securing to the upper arm and comprising at least a one flat ring disk, the thickness of which is small relative to its outer diameter. The disk is elastic at least i... | 09/03/1985 |
