Patent ID: 9745030
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B63B

Claim:
1. An alerting device for a water activity, the device comprising: a buoyant member configured to maintain the alerting device afloat; a post; a signaling member coupled to the post; and a weight, the alerting device being attachable to one or more tow lines for towing a participant of a water activity via a watercraft such that the alerting device is spaced from each of the participant and the watercraft during said towing, the alerting device being configured to transition between a signaling orientation and a stowed orientation in response to tension changes within the one or more tow lines, the alerting device being in the signaling orientation under lower tension conditions in which the participant is not being towed via the one or more tow lines, and the alerting device being in the stowed orientation under higher tension conditions in which the participant is being towed via the one or more tow lines.