Marker buoy

Claim 1

A MARKER BUOY COMPRISING A HOLLOW, CYLINDRICAL BASE OPEN AT ONE END AND HAVING A TRANSVERSE INTERNAL WALL ADJACENT ITS OTHER END, A HOLLOW, CIRCULAR FLOAT LOOSELY FITTED IN SAID OPEN END OF SAID BASE, A BELLOWS APPROXIMATELY COAXIAL WITH THE CENTRAL AXIS OF SAID BASE AND SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID TRANSVERSE WALL, A COAXIAL, CYLINDRICAL WALL ABOUT SAID BELLOWS SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID TRANSVERSE WALL AND HAVING IN ITS OTHER END A PLURALITY OF ANGULARLY SPACED SLOTS IN PLANES INCLUDING SAID AXIS, A PLURALITY OF LATCH MEMBERS EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY PARALLEL TO SAID AXIS AND LOOSELY FITTED AT ONE END IN SAID SLOTS, RESPECTIVELY, MEANS PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING SAID ONE END OF SAID LATCH MEMBERS ON SAID CYLINDRICAL WALL FOR SWINGING IN SAID PLANES, RESPECTIVELY, SAID FLOAT INCLUDING LATCH SHOULDER MEANS EXTENDING ABOUT SAID OTHER ENDS OF SAID LATCH MEMBERS, SHOULDERS ON SAID OTHER ENDS OF SAID LATCH MEMBERS ENGAGEABLE OVER SAID LATCH SHOULDERS FOR LOCKING SAID FLOAT TO SAID BASE, EACH LATCH MEMBER HAVING A TRANSVERSE ARM AT SAID ONE END EXTENDING OVER THE OTHER END OF SAID BELLOWS, MEANS CONNECTING SAID ARMS TO SAID BELLOWS SO THAT SAID LATCH MEMBERS ARE ROCKED TO DISENGAGE THEIR SHOULDERS FROM SAID SHOULDER MEANS UPON AXIAL CONTRACTION OF SAID BELLOWS UNDER THE ACTION OF A PREDETERMINED WATER PRESSURE, AND A LONG LINE JOINING SAID FLOAT AND BASE.