Shane P Smith

US Patent:

20210309327, Oct 7, 2021

Filed:

Jun 14, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/346930

Inventors:

Shane Michael Smith - Greenbrae CA, US

International Classification:

B63C 9/26

Abstract:

A man over board rescue system may comprise a main body with the main body quickly and easily being attached and detached to a ship's bitt. Thus, the system may be quickly set up prior to departing and quickly put away at the end of a voyage. The system allows for the fast and efficient rescue of a person overboard without need for a rescuer to enter the water or to risk bodily injury in retrieving a person in the water. The system provides secure mechanical means allowing for a winch to be used in the support of a person which is a significant departure from the prior art.

US Patent:

20210107609, Apr 15, 2021

Filed:

Dec 22, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/131362

Inventors:

Shane Michael Smith - Greenbrae CA, US

International Classification:

B63C 9/11

Abstract:

A man overboard system may comprise a strap system allowing for the rescue of a subject who is in a horizontal position. A strap system may comprise a loop with an end of the loop defining a chest strap securing the chest of a victim and a one-way buckle retaining the chest strap around the victim. A side of the chest strap may be attached to a main body strap which may comprise a plurality of webbing tubing pieces or a monolithic sheet of material to support the backside of the victim. An attachment bar may be attached to the main body strap and a plurality of side straps The side straps may be attached to a far end of the loop.