Abstract: The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for identifying a down diver in distress comprising activating automatic inflation means to inflate a tube, activating automatic signal means, to provide sensory indication of a diver in distress, releasing the tube and the signal means away from a diver's body, allowing the tube and the signal means to float to the surface of the water and signalling for help with the signal means.
Abstract: A multi-colored chemiluminescent lighting device and method for making same comprising a flexible tube filled at least partially with an activator solution a plurality of ampules containing oxalate solutions, which may or may not be of the same density, wherein the ampules are disposed in the flexible tube and at least one barrier element disposed between at least two of the plurality of ampules, wherein the barrier element(s) are disposed between ampules capable of imparting different chemiluminescent colors.