Portable light beacon
CA 1287909 C · Owner: Brain, John E. · Inventors: Brain, John E.
Overview
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A portable light beacon for use on life rafts and the like that has a long life due to a flashing light allowing the battery to recharge and a water sensing switch that once wet remains on. The light beacon comprises a portable battery power source in a water proof container a, flashing light with watertight electrical connections between the flashing light and the power source and a, fluid sensing switch comprising a fluid absorbent composition positioned between two terminals with circuitry to activate the flashing light when an electrical conductive fluid has been absorbed by the fluid absorbent composition to provide an electrical path between the two terminals.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted August 20, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 20, 2008.
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