Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Water rescue or life protecting apparatus – Personal flotation device
Patent
1981-04-29
1983-04-12
Blix, Trygve M.
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Water rescue or life protecting apparatus
Personal flotation device
B63C 908
Patent
active
043797040
ABSTRACT:
A buoy for supplementing the buoyancy of a swimmer's legs comprising, a unitary foam member (11) having a flexible generally water impervious skin (41) adapted for engagement with and selective retention by the legs of a swimmer, the foam member having spaced cylindrical elements (12,13), being of generally prolate circular cross section (14,15), the circular cross section (15) of one of the cylindrical elements being substantially smaller than the circular cross section (14) of the other of the cylindrical elements and a shank (25) spacing and joining the cylindrical elements and being substantially narrower than the circular cross section of either of said cylindrical elements (12,13).
REFERENCES:
patent: 174217 (1876-02-01), English
patent: 2935751 (1960-05-01), Emmick et al.
Blix Trygve M.
NcNeil Corporation
Sotelo Jesus D.
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