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Safety belt swim trainer

a safety belt and trainer technology, applied in life-saving, waterborne vessels, cast lines, etc., can solve the problems of giving us a somewhat false sense of security, insufficient life jackets on our boys, and insufficient life jackets on their own

Active Publication Date: 2015-04-16
BANNISTER ANN A +1
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The patent proposes a new safety-retrieval system to help swimmers who may be too novice or weak to navigate through rough or unpredictable water conditions. The system includes a life jacket with reinforced tethering points, a waistband / belt with tethering points, and a leash / tethering line to connect the life jacket to the waistband. This system can be used for parents who want added security and guidance for their young children and youths learning to swim, as well as for people of any age who may need guidance, assistance, or just some added security.

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Having him in the life jacket actually gave us a somewhat false sense of security in that if he got away from us in the water we knew he would float.
Very quickly we learned that just having a life jacket on our boy was not enough to play with him in choppy water.
The waves at the shore we were visiting, like most beaches, could very quickly go from fairly calm to very rough, which was unsettling.
It was precisely then that we realised a life jacket, on its own, was not sufficient for our needs.

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[0004]Our invention and safety-retrieval system starts with a Coast Guard Approved personal floatation device. We then add tethering points, in the form of D-rings, O-rings, or both, stitched to the jacket in various locations. These life jackets may have only one or several tethering points. The most common configurations will have these tethering points either centered on the back of the jacket, on both sides of the jacket just above the waist line, on the upper front portion of the jacket (offset from centerline), or both sides and back. All points of attachment (tethering points) on the jacket will be stitched all the way through to the inside surface of the jacket and will be done in such a way so as to distribute any pulling (tensile) force applied to the associated ring over at least a 2 square inch area. Furthermore, all stitching will be doubly done (at least double-stitched) to bolster the strength of all attachment points. The next part of our system is the actual tether,...

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Abstract

A safety-retrieval system comprised of three components, a life jacket with reinforced tethering points, a waist belt with tethering points to be worn around a secondary person's waist, and a tethering line / leash to connect the life jacket to the waist belt.

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BACKGROUND OF INVENTION[0001]Life jackets, or more appropriately, personal floatation devices, have been in use for many years and no doubt have saved countless lives; hence the aptly coined label ‘life jacket’ has stuck. These life saving devices are used in almost all water activities to provide extra floatation in times when it is needed. Even the strongest swimmer will eventually find the need for a life jacket if exposed to open water long enough. Needless to say, they are a Coast Guard required safety device for all sea-going vessels, and are the absolute minimum that should accompany any water-borne recreational activity or excursion. Also, due to their added buoyancy, they are frequently used to help children and novice swimmers practise their skills at pools and beaches alike. It is from these everyday beach-going activities where the inspiration for our system originates. Not long ago, on a family vacation to the beach, we purchased a nice youth life jacket for our young 2...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B63C9/11
CPCB63C9/11B63C9/08B63C9/115B63C9/26
Inventor BANNISTER, ANN A.BANNISTER, JR., BASIL A.
Owner BANNISTER ANN A