Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Water rescue or life protecting apparatus – Personal flotation device
Patent
1993-10-07
1995-01-17
Swinehart, Edwin L.
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Water rescue or life protecting apparatus
Personal flotation device
441 88, B63C 908
Patent
active
053821840
ABSTRACT:
A personal flotation device comprises an elongate member for encircling the waist of the user and a belt for securing together its end portions. The member includes buoyancy portions adapted to be disposed substantially at the sides and front of the user, thereby to cause the user to be positioned in a face-up and laid-back position in the water.
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