Ronald G Stewart

US Patent:

7854639, Dec 21, 2010

Filed:

Mar 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/394660

Inventors:

Eloy Leal - Miami FL, US
Ronald D. Stewart - Hollywood FL, US

International Classification:

B63C 9/08

US Classification:

441106

Abstract:

A flotation assembly preferably, but not necessarily, of the type installed beneath the seat of a commercial airline and comprising a base structured and configured to define a life vest of the type intended to support an individual in a body of water. A monitoring device preferably comprises a radio frequency identification device or RFID tag, structured for wireless communication, is connected to the life vest in a predetermined location which generally restricts physical access thereto, but does not interfere with wireless communication therewith. As such, an appropriate reader assembly may be brought into the general vicinity of the RFID tags associated with a plurality of the life vests, thereby facilitating the efficient inspection of each of the life vests.