Automatic marker buoys

Abstract

Abstract AN AUTOMATIC MARKER BUOY FOR LOCATING AND RETRIEVING ITEMS LOST OVERBOARD FROM BOATS, DOCKS AND THE LIKE CONSISTING OF A PREFERABLY CYLINDRICAL FLOAT OF AN EXTREMELY BUOYANT MATERIAL HAVING A RETRIEVER LINE STORAGE GROOVE THEREAROUND, A RETRIEVER LINE ANCHORED AT THE BASE OF SAID LINE STORAGE GROOVE AND WOUND THEREIN, SAID FLOAT HAVING A THIMBLE WITH A REENTRANT CAVITY THEREIN FIXED IN SAID FLOAT ADJACENT SAID LINE STORAGE GROOVE AND FORMED TO RECEIVE AND RELEASABLY ENGAGE A RESILIENT SPRING CLIP TIED TO THE SAID RETRIEVER LINE NEAR THE FREE END THEREOF, THE FREE END OF SAID RETRIEVER LINE BEING SECURABLE TO AN ITEM TO BE RETRIEVED THAT MAY ACCIDENTALLY FALL INTO A BODY OF WATER, THE SAID SPRING CLIP ON SAID RETRIEVER LINE BEING OF SUCH FORM AND RESILIENCY AS TO BECOME RELEASED FROM SAID THIMBLE RESPONSIVE TO THE BUOYANCY OF THE SAID MARKER BUOY WHEN AN ITEM TO WHICH THE FREE END OF THE RETRIEVER LINE OF SAID MARKER BUOY IS SECURED AND IS LOST OVERBOARD FROM A BOAT, DOCK OR THE LIKE, THE SAID RETRIEVER LINE READILY UNWINDING FROM THE RETRIEVER LINE STORAGE GROOVE OF THE FLOAT AS THE SAID ITEM SINKS IN THE SAID BODY OF WATER.

Inventors

• 👤 Gerald F Lewis

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