Lifebuoy

A lifebuoy on a cruise ship

A lifebelt floating on water

Leonardo da Vinci's design sketches for a safety wheel

A lifebuoy is a protective device used for people who can't swim. It is made from torus, colored in orange-white color. A lifebuoy was originally created by Italian Renaissance inventor Leonardo da Vinci.

Lifebuoy Media

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  Lifebuoy with emergency light on a cruise ship

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  First studies on the lifebuoy illustrated in the Acta Eruditorum, 1691

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  Illustration of the prototype of the "Marine Spencer", an early example of lifebuoy, from the Philosophical Magazine, 1803

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  Frost-covered lifebuoy, Lake Siskiyou, California

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  Lifebuoy in Ireland

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  Lifering on beach

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  Lifebuoy at Tutjuniemi of Saaristo Harbour in Liperi, North Karelia, Finland