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Abstract
A warning system is provided, which is particularly useful as a person overboard warning system. The system comprises a trigger part, worn by a crew member, which emits a signal on immersion in water. This is received by a receiver part on the vessel and automatically causes a transmitter part, also on the vessel, to send a further warning signal to one or more other locations remote from the vessel. These remote locations may be other vessels or land based sites, for instance operated by the coastguard or other rescue agencies. The automatic nature of the onward transmission of the signal received by the vessel makes the system particularly suited to single handed sailors.
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64 Claims
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1-32. -32. (canceled)
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33. A warning system, the system comprising:
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a trigger part; a receiver part; and a transmitter part; the system being provided at a first location, wherein the trigger part is physically separate from the receiver part and the transmitter part, wherein the trigger part has a signal emitter to provide a signal to the receiver part upon immersion in water, the receiver part receiving signals from the trigger part and providing a further signal to the transmitter part to automatically cause a further warning signal to be emitted by the system, the further warning signal being sent to at least one other location. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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46. A system according to claim 46 in which the trigger part is coupled to at least one of an item of clothing, a life jacket, and a life raft.
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53. A method of providing further warning signal, the method including:
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providing a warning system, the system comprising; a trigger part; a receiver part; and a transmitter part; the system being provided at a first location, wherein the trigger part is physically separate from the receiver part and transmitter part; providing a signal from a signal emitter in the trigger part to the receiver part upon immersion in water of the trigger part; providing a further signal to the transmitter part to automatically cause a further warning signal to be emitted by the system, the further warning signal being sent to at least one other location when the receiver part receives the signal from the trigger part. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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