Patent ID: 9561859
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: B63C,B64D,B65D

Claim:
1. A life vest stowage device comprising: a receptacle able to contain a life vest; an opening in the receptacle through which the life vest is removable from the receptacle; a tongue on a first side of the opening, which tongue is foldable between an unfolded configuration in which the opening is unobstructed and a folded configuration in which the tongue obstructs the opening; a pocket on a second side of the opening, wherein the pocket comprises a first strip, wherein the periphery of the first strip is fixed to the receptacle, except at one side of the first strip, and into which pocket the tongue is insertable in the folded configuration via the one side of the first strip; wherein, with the tongue in the folded configuration and inserted in the pocket, the first side of the opening, the second side of the opening, the tongue and the pocket are alignable so as to overlap one another and to be together substantially flat; and comprising a tab that, with the tongue in the folded configuration and inserted in the pocket, is extendable out of the pocket and cooperable with the tongue such that pulling the tab out of the pocket causes the tongue to be pulled out of the pocket and into the unfolded configuration.