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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2019
Jimmy R. Bainter, Gravois Mills, MO (US);
Michael L. Eckstein, New Orleans, LA (US);
Lawrence E. Guerra, Mission, KS (US);
William R. Hendricks, Olathe, KS (US);
Steven R. Walton, Overland Park, KS (US);
Joshua H. Huisenga, Overland Park, KS (US);
Jimmy R. Bainter, Gravois Mills, MO (US);
Michael L. Eckstein, New Orleans, LA (US);
Lawrence E. Guerra, Mission, KS (US);
William R. Hendricks, Olathe, KS (US);
Steven R. Walton, Overland Park, KS (US);
Joshua H. Huisenga, Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to improved personal flotation devices and their methods of use. Advantageously, the devices and methods of the invention eliminate the need for a pyrotechnical firing mechanism, and compared to current devices, are less apt to be spontaneously activated by deterioration that is caused by storage in a humid environment or the passage of time. Instead, the devices and methods of use of the present invention incorporate electronic circuitry to activate automatic operation.