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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 1984
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas L Howard, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
116210 ; 116173 ; 116202 ; 441 18 ; 441 20 ; 441 89 ;
Abstract
A signal device for indicating, by day or by night, the location of a person adrift on the surface of a body of water, consisting of a vividly colored inflatable tube made of thin, flexible but nearly inextensible material, provided with a one-way valve for inflation by mouth, and a miniature electric lamp coupled to a water-activated battery. The tube is permanently attached to a life jacket or other garment and has a flag secured to its free end. The tube or the flag or both contain a metallic pigment or are covered with a layer of such material so as to be radar detectable.