Patent ID: 8613637
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: B63C,G08B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A water survival capable of detecting a danger of a person drowning in a body of water, said person having a pair of shoulders and a pair of hips, said water survival system comprising: a) a breast belt capable of being opened and closed so as to secure said breast belt about a chest of said person, and said breast belt having a first sensor capable of measuring a real time physiological condition of said person wearing said breast belt and producing a corresponding real time signal; b) a life jacket positioned about a torso of said person and external to said breast belt, said life jacket having a front section, a back section, and a pair of shoulder straps joining said front section to said back section, at least one of said front and back sections of said life jacket having a first surface and a second surface with an expandable chamber located therebetween, a supply of compressed gas connected to said expandable chamber, an activating mechanism capable of opening said supply of compressed gas and allowing said compressed gas to expand and be routed to said expandable chamber to increase the buoyancy of said life jacket; c) a global positioning system device attached to said life jacket which is capable of determining real time longitude and latitude signal coordinates of said person wearing said life jacket; d) a first body orientation sensor attached to said life jacket and located approximate one of said pair of shoulders and a second body orientation sensor attached to said life jacket and located approximate one of said pair of hips, said first and second body orientation sensors generating real time body orientation signals for said person wearing said life jacket; e) a water contact sensor attached to said life jacket which is capable of determining when said person is in a body of water and producing a corresponding real time signal; f) a receiver located remotely away from said person wearing both said breast belt and said life jacket, said receiver having an audible alarm connected thereto; g) a transmitter attached to said life jacket which is capable of sending a signal to said receiver; h) a control unit attached to said life jacket which is capable of receiving real time signals from each of said sensors, said control unit capable of processing said real time signals and comparing them against corresponding ranges of preset acceptable values to determine if said person wearing both said breast belt and said life jacket is in danger of drowning, said control unit capable of forwarding a signal to both said activating mechanism and to said transmitter when said signal from said water contact sensor indicates that said person is actually in a body of water and when said other real time signals are simultaneously outside corresponding ranges of preset acceptable values, said signal to said activating mechanism opening said supply of compressed gas and said signal to said transmitter being forwarded to said receiver which sounds said audible alarm; and i) a source of energy connected to each of said sensors, to said activating mechanism, to said global positioning system device, and to said control unit to allow each to operate for an extended period of time.