(under subclass 365) Device comprising means for connecting a life craft with lines, hooks, and similar hardware used in lowering the life craft.
(1) Note. Documents herein disclose some additional structure which limits the invention to life craft handling.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc,
598.4+, and 698.1+ for hooks and snap hooks, respectively, type projection members of separable fasteners and subclasses 455+ for clasps type projection members of separable fasteners.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements,
67.1+, for hoist line frames which surround a load and/or support it from below; and subclass 82.27 for hooks designed for instantaneous operation for detaching boats from davit lines.
