US 12,240,576 B2
Person overboard retrieval apparatus
Frank Rabena, Virginia Beach, VA (US); Jerry Ryan Bryant, Virginia Beach, VA (US); William Saunders, Suffolk, VA (US); and Jacob Johnson, Suffolk, VA (US)
Assigned to Diverse Marine Safety Group, LLC, Virginia Beach, VA (US)
Filed by Diverse Marine Safety Group, LLC, Virginia Beach, VA (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/975,124.
Application 17/975,124 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2022/046512, filed on Oct. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/308,624, filed on Feb. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/256,064, filed on Oct. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0117333 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B63C 9/26 (2006.01)
CPC B63C 9/26 (2013.01) [B63C 2009/265 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A person-in-the-water rescue apparatus, comprising:
a tether line including a float and swivel near a deployable end, the swivel being connected to first ends of multiple net lines;
a net connected to second ends of the multiple net lines; and
net spreader rods attached to the net to help spread the net upon deployment, the net spreader rods being formed in a cross-pattern.