Patent ID: 8105124
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: B63B,F41C

Abstract:
1. A recovery device for recovering an article submerged in water, the device comprising: a housing selectively attachable to the article at a housing attachment location and having a forward housing end and an aft housing end, the housing defining a storage chamber and having a storage chamber opening at the forward housing end; a flotation element releasably disposed within the storage chamber, the flotation element being substantially buoyant in water; a water-activated release mechanism disposed within the storage chamber and configured to prevent movement of the flotation element toward the storage chamber opening under non-immersed conditions and to allow movement of the flotation element toward and through the storage chamber opening when the recovery device is submerged in water; one or more connecting mechanisms, each having a first end attached to the housing and a second end attached to the flotation element, a biasing mechanism disposed within the storage chamber adjacent the flotation element, the biasing mechanism being configured to bias the flotation element toward the storage chamber opening at the forward housing end, and a shock and vibration isolation mechanism disposed within the storage chamber intermediate the housing attachment location and the biasing mechanism, the shock and vibration isolation mechanism being configured to isolate the biasing mechanism from shock and vibration transmitted from the article through the housing.