Show Wrist life preserver A Marine who has spent eight eighteen een cen years in the Marine Corps has invented a life preserver which can be worn on the wrist like a watch It may be a major revolutionary development in saving lives at s sea a. a The story is an interesting one The M l a r I i n e c Sergeant Daniel 0 0 O. Davis says he contributes contributes contributes con con- tributes the idea to a dream he had when he was was was-in in his dream drowning He said that all of a sudden a balloon popped out of his watch and that it saved his life He used the idea to workout an actual ype wrist-ype life pre pre- server The balloon is included in the small enclosure which is worn on the wrist like a watch and sand it is inflated by pressing a button Then it forms a bag and this this' is buoyant and one can stay slay above the water with this added buoyancy The wearer can put the other arm over the pr ser vcr ever and stay above the water for many hours Moreover the preserver er can be used repeat repeat- edly If this proves to be practical and we cannot say that it will at this stage it might be be possible possible pos pOSe sible for airlines for to issue these to toa a all l passengers pas c gers making long water over-water flights The older type preservers vers are big and bulky and the airlines airlines while carrying them then c e o 0 u 1 I d save much space and avoid inconvenience inconvenience in in- convenience to passengers i n nan nan nan an emergency and probably save money by th the new type life preserver |