Ice Fishing Rescue Device 11 15 2020

 Ice Fishing Rescue Device 11 15 2020

 

Let me describe my invention.

It is a ball tethered on a rope; the length of the rope being perhaps 40, 50 or 80 yards or more.

Inside of the ball is a grapling hook hooks hooks are not exposed until one of two things happens.

1.  The sensor on the person harnessed to the rope falls in the water and the water activates the grappling hook.

2.  The person harnessed to the grappling hook activates the hook barbs.

 a, Upon this happening the cleats hold to the ice and the person is able to pull themselves from the ice hole created when they fell through. b.  Support/rescue are able to get to the rope and pull the person to safety via it.

The cleat would have to be formed in such a way to grab slick ice.

Also part of this invention might be that there is water or another substance in the ball which is punctured upon the activation of 1 or 2 above and the cleat/anchor freezes to the surface of the ice where it is allowing for a stable bastion.

And this presumes that the person fell through the ice where it is thinner than there previous path steps where the trailing cleat/grappling hooks is located.

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Alternatively the grappling hook could have heat activation whereby it superheats its way through the layer of ice, the cleats deploy outwards from eyelet shaft and catch on the ice rom below the surface of it providing a bastion the Ice Fisherman can pull themselves out with.

Option.  There could even be a small electric winch on the cleat, that provides the pulling force.