Patent ID: 9284030
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: B63C

Claim Text:
1. A man overboard rescue apparatus comprising: a primary rectangular solid, said primary rectangular solid having internally contained a primary spring, a compressing force having had been applied to said primary spring where, in the absence of said compressing force said primary spring attains a static horizontal orientation when said primary rectangular solid is floating on the water surface; a first secondary rectangular solid, said first secondary rectangular solid having internally contained a first secondary spring, a compressing force having had been applied to said first secondary spring where, in the absence of said compressing force said first secondary spring attains a static perpendicular orientation when said first secondary rectangular solid is floating on said water surface, said first secondary rectangular solid being hingeably attached at the center of said first secondary rectangular solid to a first extreme end of said primary rectangular solid, said first secondary rectangular solid having a cavity at each end to receive a keeper block; a second secondary rectangular solid, said second secondary rectangular solid having internally contained a second secondary spring, a compressing force having had been applied to said second secondary spring where, in the absence of said compressing force said second secondary spring attains a static perpendicular orientation when said second secondary rectangular solid is floating on said water surface, said second secondary rectangular solid being hingeably attached at the center of said second secondary rectangular solid to a second extreme end of said primary rectangular solid, said second secondary rectangular solid having a cavity at each end to receive a keeper block; a set of four cords, each of said four cords having a said keeper block attached at a first end and a second end of said four cords attached to a first end of a tether, and the second end of said tether cord being free for use in hauling said rescue apparatus toward a rescue vessel; a strap, said strap used to fixably attach said primary rectangular solid at the center of said primary rectangular volume to a contemporary rescue device; a carrier bag dimensioned such that said primary rectangular solid, said first secondary rectangular solid and said second secondary rectangular solid when conformed to said contemporary rescue device fits into said carrier bag, such that said carrier bag a maintains a compressing force on said primary rectangular solid and said keeper blocks maintain a compressing force on said first secondary rectangular solid and said second secondary rectangular solid such that when said primary rectangular solid is removed from said carrier bag said compressing force on said primary rectangular solid is released causing said primary spring to obtain a static state such that said primary rectangular solid is oriented horizontally to said water surface and wherein obtaining said static state of said primary spring causes said keeper blocks to be retracted from said receiver slots by said four cords such that said compressing force on said first secondary solid and said second secondary solid is released causing said first secondary spring and said second secondary spring to obtain a static state such that said first secondary solid and said second secondary solid are oriented perpendicularly to said water surface wherein each of said first secondary solid and said second secondary solid are partially above said water surface and partially below said water surface thereby forming an H-shaped configuration.