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CA 2202933 A1 · Owner: Gareau, Normand F. · Inventors: Gareau, Normand F.
Overview
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The present invention relates to a safety retrieval device that, is, a device for rescuing from the water a person that fell threw the ice at night. When a person falls threw the ice the effects of hypothermia, particularly in cold water combined with weight, of waterlogged clothing and perhaps injury, often make it, impossible for him to climb back onto the ice unaided. Moreover those remaining on the ice may find it difficult if impossible, to haul the person out of the water particularly on thin ice or, severe weather conditions. This invention the life saving aid, retrieval device compromises of a rope with luminescent properties (glow in the dark), enables both the rescuer and rescue …
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- Filed April 17, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 17, 2017.
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