Portable cover for a lifebuoy

a lifebuoy and portability technology, applied in life-saving, inflatable life-saving equipment, waterborne vessels, etc., can solve the problem of not being marketed as everyday objects of self-preservation

Inactive Publication Date: 2020-02-27
DE LEON ARTETA SAUL
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The present invention presents a portable cover for a Lifebuoy that allows for its use in a conventional manner, as well as its transport and personal use. The cover has a sensor-actuator integrated within it that remains exposed when inserted inside the cover, allowing for easy contact with water while still maintaining the integrity of the ensemble during transfer and use. This allows for the lifebuoy to be used in any water-based activity, from shoreline excursions to the beach.

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This meant that they were not marketed as everyday objects of self-preservation in all those water-based activities that carried a risk of drowning.

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[0006]The invention is designed to achieve portability of a lifebuoy, using a small hooking device fixed to the waist of one's trousers or at another point, or simply by inserting it into a bag.

[0007]To do this, a cover opens longitudinally and on its edges a velcro-type material is positioned. This material develops a resistance to opening such that it allows for the integrity of the ensemble during its transfer, but does not prevent the lifebuoy from expanding when the sensor-actuator is activated on contact with water. This sensor-actuator is housed with the lifebuoy and wound inside the sheath. The sensor-actuator is always exposed when it is inserted inside the cover, so that contact with the water when in use is not impeded.

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[0008]In FIG. 1 above, you can see the deployed lifebuoy (4), and the inflation actuator-sensor (5). FIG. 1 below shows the lifebuoy (4) and the sensor-actuator (5) inside the cover (1) in the open position, where we also observe ...

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Abstract

It is a portable cover for lifebuoys that facilitates their transport due to its small size, while its velcro-type closure make possible enough resistance to allow for expansion when the lifebuoy is activated by a sensor-actuator, when contact with the water is made.

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THE FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a Portable Cover for a Lifebuoy.[0002]The field of the application is related to rescue and self-preservation, with particular emphasis on rescue at sea.STATE OF THE ART[0003]Thus far, lifebuoys have come housed inside packages and compartments mainly located in particular places on marine vehicles. They were not intended for use outside the context of a journey at sea. This meant that they were not marketed as everyday objects of self-preservation in all those water-based activities that carried a risk of drowning.OBJECT OF THE INVENTION[0004]Therefore, the present invention presents a Portable Cover for a Lifebuoy, which not only allows for the use of a Lifebuoy in a conventional manner, but also allows for its transport and personal use, both on shore excursions and at the beach, in any water-based activity.[0005]For all these reasons, the novelty of the present invention represents an evident and substantial improv...

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IPC IPC(8): B63C9/13A45F5/02
CPCA45F5/021B63C9/13A45F2005/002B63C9/081B63C9/082B63C9/155B63C9/23B63C2009/0041
InventorDE LEON ARTETA, SAUL
OwnerDE LEON ARTETA SAUL