A float assembly for buoying ropes, cables, pipelines, or any other type of line, completely surrounds the line to which it is attached. The assembly is formed from a plurality of preferably identical circumferentially adjacent float pieces. The pieces attach to one another along radial planes which contain semipermanent attachment means. As each chamfered circumferential piece is added to the last the line is gradually surrounded by the whole of all the pieces. This allows the float to be attached or removed to an existing long line without the need to thread the line through the float assembly. Bands or straps are used to permanently secure the individual float pieces in place upon the line. The line passage hole may be sized or shimmed so as to firmly secure the float assembly on the line.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of my prior design application. Ser. No. 07/646343 filed on Jan. 28, 1991, now Patent No. D329,486; issued Apr. 15, 1992.
A cable tie flotation device for making a cable tie buoyant having a volume of resilient, easily deformable material having an opening therethrough and a fastening means. The deformable material has a specific gravity less than one and is of sufficient quantity to keep the cable tie afloat in a liquid medium. The fastening means includes an opposed resilient force created by the deformation of the opening the material by a cable tie passing therethrough such that the deformable material is maintained in connective relationship about the cable tie by the opposed force of the resilient deformable material as it attempts to return to its original shape.
There is described ducting comprising a plurality of interconnectible elongate ducting components (2, 4) which when assembled define an elongate, longitudinally extending internal channel (22) for receiving a pipe, cable or like elongate member, each ducting component having a shaped inner face (14) with a longitudinal recess (20) such that the components can be assembled with confronting inner faces (16, 18), their respective longitudinal recesses being thereby aligned to form the channel, the ducting further comprising tension bands (6) for securing assembled pairs of components to one another, wherein each ducting component is provided with a transversely extending internal cavity for receiving a tension band, the cavity having two open ends so that the band can pass through the internal cavity of one ducting component and though a corresponding internal cavity of an adjacent ducting component in order to secure one to the other, at least part of the band being thereby contained and protected within the cavities.
A swim training apparatus has been designed to help swimmers of any age or any type of experience by teaching the right swimming techniques, correcting their swimming bad habits, and enhancing their swimming capabilities. The apparatus is destined to be used under water in a swimming pool or in a natural basin of water and it consists of a plurality of under water steps which are equipped with reference markers.
A buoyant lounger. The buoyant lounger has an outer loop constructed of a plurality of releasably secured resilient foam sections. A resilient containment band is placed within the outer loop and a plurality of mesh chairs are coupled between the containment band and the outer loop to produce a floating, buoyant lounger, which can accommodate a plurality of users. The buoyant lounger may be quickly and easily disassembled for transport and storage.
A fishing float comprising a buoyant body made of a pair of cylindrical sections moveable from an extended position to a folded position and a coiled loop on each of the sections for receiving a fishing line, the loop permitting the body to move with respect to the line when the sections are in the extended position. A resilient band secures the sections in the folded position and restricts movement of the body with respect to the fishing line The resilient band releases when the fishing line is subjected to a predetermined tension to permit the sections to move to the extended position.
