Patent ID: 6908210
Filing Date: 2005-06-21
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
1. A light-emitting device for attachment to a topmost portion of a snorkel tube, the device comprising: a) a light-emitting unit including a tubular hole defined in the unit, a compartment attached to a side of the unit, a plurality of openings formed in a wall of the compartment, an upper section having a circular valve, an outer periphery of the circular valve provided with threads, and a water tight washer at a lower edge of the threads; b) a float disposed in the compartment for buoying upwardly in response to water flowing into the compartment through the openings; c) a circular-shaped inner cap disposed in the circular valve, the inner cap including a slot, a cutoff tube secured to a lower end of the inner cap, the cutoff tube being received within the compartment and having an air hole, wherein the air hole, circular valve and tubular hole collectively form a passageway; d) a circuit board disposed in the slot of the inner cap, the circuit board including a battery, a switch and at least one light emitting diode; e) an upper cap including an inner periphery provided with threads, the threads of the upper cap being engageable with the threads of the circular valve, an inner circular edge of the upper cap defining an aperture in a topmost portion of the upper cap, a depressable button extending from the aperture, a disc joined to the upper cap, a lower end of the button being engaged by the disc; and f) wherein depressing the button activates the switch of the circuit board to turn the at least one light-emitting diode on or off.