IP Library Granted Patent US 10,099,757
Granted Patent B2
US 10,099,757 · App. 15/393,544 · Granted Oct 16, 2018

Rescue device

Inventors: Philip Anton Strong (Broadclsyt, GB); Sergio De La Parra Pérez-Gavilán (Barcelona, ES); Rubén Beldé (Barcelona, ES)
Assignee: Reflex Marine Ltd.
B63C9/02A62B1/02B63B23/38B63B27/30B63C9/26B63C9/28
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Patent No.
US 10,099,757
App. No.
15/393,544
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Rescue device comprising a base; a plurality of protective panels, a plurality of protective panels and hand gripping elements. At least one protective panel has a shell shape with a main body, at least a top protrusion and side protrusions, such that a protective space is formed, the protective space being suitable for a person to be housed in, such that the main body and the at least one side protrusion are suitable for protecting the protective space from an impact coming from directions parallel to the base and comprised in a range wider than 200°, and the top protrusion is suitable for protecting the protective space from an impact coming from a direction perpendicular to the base.

Claims (15)

1. A rescue device comprising:

a base extending along a first plane, the base surrounding a central axis along which a lifting means is configured to lift the rescue device;

a plurality of protective panels, at least one protective panel having a shell shape with a main body extending perpendicular to the first plane and parallel to the central axis, at least a top protrusion extending from the main body in a first direction toward the central axis to overhang the base and at least one side protrusion extending from the main body in a second direction alongside the base, such that the top protrusion and the side protrusion face toward a common area of the base to form a protective space between the top portion and the base and alongside the side portion, the protective space being suitable for a person to be housed in, such that the main body and the at least one side protrusion are suitable for protecting the protective space from an impact coming from directions parallel to the base, and the top protrusion is suitable for protecting the protective space from an impact coming from a direction perpendicular to the base, wherein the main body and the at least one side protrusion are suitable for protecting the protective space from an impact coming from directions parallel to the base comprised in a range wider than 200°; and

hand gripping elements.

2. The rescue device according to claim 1 , further comprising a pair of string elements associated to each protective panel each string element being attached to the base and to another point of the rescue device, in such a way that the distance between each string element of the pair of string elements is less than 1 m and the distance between one string element and the associated protective panel is between 10 cm and 60 cm.

3. The rescue device according to claim 2 , wherein the pair of string elements are substantially vertical.

4. The rescue device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one protective panel comprises buoyancy means.

5. The rescue device according to claim 2 , wherein each string element is attached to the base and to a protective panel.

6. The rescue device according to claim 2 , wherein string elements are ropes.

7. The rescue device according to claim 2 , further comprising an outer structure comprising bars.

8. The rescue device according to claim 7 , wherein each string element is attached to the base and to a bar.

9. The rescue device according to claim 1 , further comprising lifting means having a structural wire or chain with a cord made of an elastomer material.

10. The rescue device according to claim 1 , wherein the base has a polygonal shape.

11. The rescue device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one protective panel comprises seating means.

12. The rescue device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one protective panel comprises shock absorbing means suitable for absorbing the energy of an impact.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2016
From: STRONG, PHILIP ANTON; DE LA PARRA PÉREZ-GAVILÁN, SERGIO; BELDÉ, RUBÉN
To: REFLEX MARINE LTD.
Reel/Frame 040800/0751 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 15382674 · Dec 29, 2015 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170183067A1 · Jun 29, 2017
Cited By (1)
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