Patent ID: 6389615
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A swimming pool rescue apparatus comprising:a safety pool bottom substrate, said safety pool bottom substrate having a periphery made of a buoyant material and at least one non-peripheral portion is buoyant; said buoyant material urged into a fixed position at a bottom of the pool by a retaining member, a lifting mechanism for raising and lowering said safety pool bottom substrate, wherein; said lifting mechanism contains a plurality of vertically extending posts, each said vertically extending post having a respective pushing member riding axially along each respective vertically extending post, each said pushing member connected at a lower portion thereof to said periphery of said safety pool bottom substrate, said lifting mechanism communicating with an electronic signal device detecting the presence of a person under water in said pool for a predetermined period of time, said electronic signal device having a trigger engaging said lifting mechanism to release said buoyant material from said fixed position at said bottom of said pool to a further position at an upper area above the water level of said pool.