Patent ID: 9205900
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
1. A wearable life raft harness comprising: a harness assembly constructed and arranged to be secured to a human body, said harness assembly including a waist strap having sufficient length to reach around a mid-section of said human body; a flexible pouch removably attached to said harness assembly and having an interior compartment and a top opening; an inflatable life raft disposed within said interior compartment of said pouch, said inflatable raft in a deflated state within said interior compartment, whereby said raft is adapted to be inflated when removed from said interior compartment, said raft including a canister filled with a sufficient quantity of pressurized gas to inflate said raft, a release cord having a first end attached to said life raft and a second end exposed from said pouch so that pulling said release cord releases said raft from said interior compartment and triggers inflation of said life raft by causing a pin to puncture said canister, said raft having a first end and a second end one of said ends being constructed to contain a larger volume of said pressurized gas than the other; and an elongated tether cord having a first end attached to said life raft and a second end attached to said harness.