Patent ID: 8002082

Claim:
A drag rescue device for use with a coat, the drag rescue device comprising: a loop of ribbon-shaped material including a left portion and a right portion, the portions joined to each other at a drag end of the loop, the drag end configured and arranged to pass through an opening in the coat; and a guide attached to a portion of the loop that is distal to the drag end, the guide comprising a right guide channel and a left guide channel, the left portion of the loop passing slidably through the left guide channel and the right portion of the loop passing slidably through the right guide channel, the left and right portions being non-removable from the guide channels; wherein the guide comprises a strip tacked to a central portion of the loop at left, central and right locations to form the two guide channels between the central portion of the loop and the strip, each of the guide channels separated from the other guide channel by the central tack location.