Patent ID: 6935912

Claim:
A self-contained, emergency marker for attaching to, and selectively ascending from, a scuba diver's buoyancy control device, said marker comprising: a) an enclosure; b) a buoy portion; and c) activating apparatus; wherein said buoy portion is contained in said enclosure; and wherein said buoy portion is selectively released from said enclosure by said activating apparatus, wherein said buoy portion comprises a buoy; wherein said buoy portion comprises a buoy cord; and wherein said buoy cord of said buoy portion is attached to said buoy of said buoy portion, wherein said enclosure comprises a buoy sub-enclosure; wherein said enclosure comprises a buoy cord sub-enclosure; wherein said buoy sub-enclosure of said enclosure is attached to said buoy cord sub-enclosure of said enclosure; wherein said buoy sub-enclosure of said enclosure contains said buoy of said buoy portion; and wherein said buoy cord sub-enclosure of said enclosure coilingly contains said buoy cord or said buoy portion, wherein said buoy sub-enclosure of said enclosure is hollow; wherein said buoy cord sub-enclosure of said enclosure is hollow; wherein said buoy sub-enclosure of said enclosure is cylindrically-shaped for lying flat against the scuba diver's buoyancy control device; and wherein said buoy cord sub-enclosure of said enclosure is cylindrically-shaped for lying flat against the scuba diver's buoyancy control device.