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A portable self-rescue device for a capsized kayaker used in combination with a kayak, on a body of water. The invention has an extendible telescopic arm with a proximal end and a distal end, a collapsible container attached to the distal end of the extendible telescopic arm and a collapsible ladder

A portable self-rescue device for a capsized kayaker used in combination with a kayak, on a body of water. The invention has an extendible telescopic arm with a proximal end and a distal end, a collapsible container attached to the distal end of the extendible telescopic arm and a collapsible ladder platform assembly with a retractable step. The extendible telescopic arm acts as a lever and the collapsible container fills rapidly with water and acts as a weight that counters the weight of a capsized kayaker as he or she climbs onto the collapsible ladder platform assembly on the opposite side of the kayak.

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1. A portable self-rescue device for a capsized kayaker used in combination with a kayak, on a body of water, comprising:an extendible telescopic arm with a proximal end and a distal end;a collapsible container attached to the distal end of the extendible telescopic arm; anda collapsible ladder plat

1. A portable self-rescue device for a capsized kayaker used in combination with a kayak, on a body of water, comprising:an extendible telescopic arm with a proximal end and a distal end;a collapsible container attached to the distal end of the extendible telescopic arm; anda collapsible ladder platform assembly with a retractable step, said capsized kayaker to throw and extend the extendible telescopic arm and collapsible container over and across the kayak and into the body of water, allowing the collapsible container to take on water and using the extendible telescopic arm as a lever, the filled collapsible container as a counterweight and the kayak as a fulcrum for the capsized kayaker to receive additional leverage and to get on the collapsible ladder platform assembly and back into the kayak. 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein a first rope that is attached to the proximal end of the extendible telescopic arm to the kayak is provided to prevent the extendible telescopic arm and attached collapsible container from floating away from the kayak while in the body of water. 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first rope that is attached to the proximal end of the extendible telescopic arm is provided to cinch the proximal end of the extendible telescopic arm to the clam cleat mounted firmly on the kayak. 4. The device according to claim 1, wherein a second rope that attaches the collapsible ladder platform to the kayak is provided to prevent the collapsible ladder platform assembly from floating away from the kayak while in the water and tightly secures the collapsible ladder platform assembly firmly to the kayak, wherein the entire collapsible ladder platform assembly can slide along the second rope for a desired deployed position along the side of the cockpit of the kayak. 5. The device according to claim 1, wherein a one way flapper valve is provided within the collapsible container that allows water from the body of water to rapidly fill into the collapsible container. 6. The device according to claim 1, wherein a lead weight is provided in the collapsible container to neutralize the slight positive buoyancy of the collapsible container material and to stabilize the proper orientation of the collapsible container as it lifts toward the surface of the water. 7. The device according to claim 1, wherein a floatation pad is provided on the collapsible ladder platform to prevent the collapsible ladder platform from sinking while in the body of water and provides a positive buoyant stabilization force to hold the floatation end of the collapsible ladder platform assembly underneath the kayak. 8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the collapsible container is attached to the distal end of the extendible telescopic arm with a plurality of grommets, a metallic ring and a Dacron™ cord.