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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Zup Llc, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Inventor:
Glen Wade Duff, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Assignee:
ZUP LLC, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63C 9/20 (2006.01); B63C 9/115 (2006.01); B63C 9/125 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63C 9/20 (2013.01); B63C 9/115 (2013.01); B63C 9/1255 (2013.01);
Abstract
A Visual Awareness Safety Accessory (VASA) is disclosed for use by a person engaged in watersport/water-based activity. The device may be worn by itself or in combination with a personal flotation device (PFD). The VASA includes a user worn deployable highly visible flag element which is lifted via an attached float when a wearer enters the water. The float raises the flag element well above a user's head whereupon the user can be more easily seen by others using the same waterway. The higher visibility more easily enables location identification of the wearer for rescue, retrieval, and/or collision avoidance.