BRAD FORDYCE'S THIN ICE RESCUE INVENTION, thin ice fishing platform

I got tired of watching rescuers floundering to rescue thin ice victims, so I decided to design something that really works.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• thin
• ice
• rescue
• saving
• lives
• real
• invention
• brilliant
• ingenious
• clever
• effective
• fabulous
• equipment.
• Also
• for
• fishing.

[sublimeasme]

Introducing The brand new Leap Frog Life Saver or leap frog rescue device. Brian Turensky takes credit for the name. No seriously cool tool man.

[Hooverdarnit]

@sublimeasme I like the name because they are like lily pads that a frog could hop on.

Other names I've considered are. "The Walking Bridge" "The Galilee"

I also thought about incorporating my last name into it. "The Ice Ford"

[jackhamre]

you ever consider that instead of 2 squares that can go over you.how bout 2 circles and the next one goes around you...its a great invention keep it up

[Hooverdarnit]

I actually did think of having the platforms "go around" instead of overhead but the design would be more complex and I was not able to figure out a way to utilize a retrieve line to pull the unit back to shore as I do on the current configuration.

[mcsert12]

what is the name of the floatation device?

[Hooverdarnit]

There is no official name for it. Any ideas?

[borntaboogie]

Don't quit you day job bud.

[sublimeasme]

@Hooverdarnit It reminded me of the childhood game Leap Frog.

[caveman175]

very smart creation!