Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1916 — New Life Preserver. [ARTICLE]

New Life Preserver.

A novel life preserver has been devised to supplement the ordinary cork jacket in rough water. By its use the person in distress is able to breathe, even when the waves sweep over his head. The appliance adds to the cork jacket a light metal chamber which floats high, a spout leading from it rising two or three feet above the water level. A tube leads from this chamber to a face mask, through which the wearer of the jacket breathes. Even if the water sweeps over his head the 6pout of the air chamber is still clear anti the air supply unimpaired. : ‘