Inflating device for life preservers

Claim 1

AN INFLATING DEVICE FOR LIFE PRESERVERS COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING AN OPEN BOTTOM, A FLEXIBLE GASKET SECURED TO THE HOUSING AROUND THE BOTTOM OPENING, A WALL PORTION SECURED TO THE GASKET FOR CLOSING THE OPENING, THE WALL PORTION BEING MOVABLE INWARDLY OF THE HOUSING BY WATER PRESSURE UPON IMMERSION OF THE HOUSING AND RECEIVING ITS MOVEMENT BY FLEXING OF THE GASKET, A HOLDER IN THE HOUSING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A PUNCTURABLE COMPRESSED GAS CAPSULE, SPRING PRESSED PUNCTURING MEANS SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN THE HOLDER FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A RETRACTED POSITION AND A PUNCTURING POSITION FOR RELEASING GAS FROM A COMPRESSED GAS CAPSULE, A ROD SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN THE HOLDER AND DISPOSED IN ENGAGEMENT AT ONE OF ITS ENDS WITH THE MOVABLE WALL FOR INWARD MOVEMENT THEREWITH, CATCH MEANS MOUNTED PIVOTALLY AT ONE END ON THE OTHER END OF THE ROD AND PIVOTALLY ENGAGING THE HOUSING AT ITS OPPOSITE END FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN RELEASED AND CATCH POSITIONS, THE CATCH MEANS BEING MOVABLE TO RELEASED POSITION BY INWARD MOVEMENT OF THE ROD, AND AN INSERTABLE TRIGGER BAR FREELY SUPPORTED ON THE HOLDER AND ENGAGED AT ONE END RELEASABLY BY THE SPRING PRESSED PUNCTURING MEANS WHEN IN RETRACTED POSITION AND AT ITS OPPOSITE END RELEASABLY BY THE CATCH MEANS WHEN IN CATCH POSITION TO HOLD THE PUNCTURING MEANS IN RETRACTED POSITION, THE TRIGGER BAR BEING ARRANGED TO BE RELEASED FROM THE HOLDER AND PUNCTURING MEANS AND CATCH MEANS UPON MOVEMENT OF THE CATCH MEANS TO ITS RELEASED POSITION BY INWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID WALL PORTION.