Patent ID: 8586888
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: B63B,B63C,H01H

Abstract:
1. A safety device for attachment to a flotation device comprising: a light source; a housing; an actuator mounted within said housing and slideable between a first position wherein said light source is not illuminated and a second position wherein said light source is illuminated, said actuator further comprising a raised boss engageable from outside of said housing; a lanyard at least a portion of which is outside of said housing, said lanyard releasably connected to an end of said actuator using a separable interconnection assembly; and a water activated switch wherein when the device is submerged in water, said water activated switch completes an electrical circuit illuminating said light source; wherein when said lanyard is pulled, said actuator moves from said first position to said second position and on reaching said second position said separable interconnection assembly separates thereby disengaging said lanyard from said actuator and an electrical circuit is completed illuminating said light source, and wherein said actuator may be reversed from said second position back into said first position using said raised boss thereby extinguishing said light source.