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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438619 | Buoyant swim garment A swimsuit includes a vest provided with buoyant floatation members, a bottom portion in the form of swim trunks, and a coupling mechanism for selectively coupling the vest to the trunks. The vest may be uncoupled from the swim trunks to permit a user to remove the ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7288011 | Personal floatation device Personal floatation devices for use in supporting an individual in a face up and horizontal position along the surface of the water are disclosed. An illustrative personal floatation device may include a main body, at least one upper inflatable floatation member for... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7255621 | Personal flotation device A personal flotation device (PFD) comprises a front flotation portion overlaying an upper region of a wearer's chest and a rear flotation portion overlaying an upper region of the wearer's back. The front flotation portion is joined with the rear flotation portion a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255620 | Child carrier and swimming aid A child carrier and swimming aid allows a caregiver to carry a child in pressing relation to the caregiver's torso and allows the device to be used in the water. The adult dons a harness and places the child into a vest, which vest is a personal flotation device. Th... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7201626 | Floatation device and associated methods A floatation device is to be worn by a user and includes a front portion, a pair of opposing side portions connected to the front portion, and a pair of rear portions connected to the respective pair of opposing side portions. Each one of the pair of rear portions i... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7182662 | Hybrid personal flotation device A hybrid personal flotation device includes a flotation vest body having a front, back, shoulder straps, and adjustable buckle straps. An expandable cover over at least a portion of the vest body covers an inflatable chamber having a front chamber portion connected ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7169001 | Life jacket A buoyancy device has a rear buoyancy area interconnected to a pair of lateral under arm buoyancy areas by a pair of front buoyancy areas, and combining to form a simulated W-shape when viewed in a plan view. The provision of the lateral or underarm buoyancy areas f... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150668 | Buoyancy garment A clothing item such as a shirt is combined with a concealed and entrapped bladder which can be inflated in the event of an emergency. The shirt can be of fashionable appearance and the buoyance function disguised to make the buoyancy device more attractive to those... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7125301 | Brief-type personal flotation unit A personal flotation unit for supporting a person in a generally sitting position in the water, with the person's head and part of the person's torso above the water has a rear panel and a front panel each made from a flexible flotation material. A fabric seat is co... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7104858 | Emergency supplemental flotation device Personal flotation device comprises an inflatable spheroid balloon and a strap secured to said balloon. The strap includes a loop into which a person's arm, leg or upper body may be slipped. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7094119 | Life preserver assembly A life preserver assembly includes a substantially planar main body portion formed from a buoyant material and separation means defining in said main body portion at least one life preserver. The separation means permits the life preserver to be removed from the mai... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7052345 | Animal flotation device An animal flotation device that provides full support under the animal with flotation pods on both sides and an additional detachable flotation pod located under the head of the animal to prevent the head and nose from going under water. The front flotation pod hang... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7037155 | Personal flotation devices Personal flotation devices for water activities, which devices include a pair of front panels divided by a zipper for easy ingress and egress by the wearer and fitted with multiple clips for adjustment to the size of the user and attachment to other flotation device... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028341 | Article of clothing with buoyant material An article of clothing such as a vest incorporating buoyant material is configured to reduce pocket bulging when carried items that are placed in pockets and to allow the wearer to move freely. The article of clothing includes a main clothing unit having one or more... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6971935 | Flotation swimsuit and method for construction thereof A flotation swimsuit is provided for providing strategically distributed buoyancy to a wearer. The flotation swimsuit includes a form-fitting torso covering which includes a retaining pocket for enclosing a unitary flotation element. The unitary flotation element in... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6923698 | Life preserver assembly A life preserver assembly includes a substantially planar main body portion formed from a buoyant material. A separation means is provided for defining at least one life preserver in the main body portion. The separation means permits the life preserver to be remove... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6910224 | Article of clothing with buoyant material An article of clothing such as a vest incorporating buoyant material is configured to reduce pocket bulging when carried items that are placed in pockets and to allow the wearer to move freely. The article of clothing includes a main clothing unit having one or more... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6848959 | Safety vest and lanyard C-I-P A safety vest device. The device comprising a right buoyant pad, a center buoyant pad being connected by a first shoulder strap and a left buoyant pad being connected by a second shoulder strap. The device also comprises a right leg strap having an end connected to ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6666622 | Personal flotation device with eccentric fixed and mobile ballast and buoyant members An inflatable safety device used by a person for underwater activities having a first inflatable buoyancy chamber and a second inflatable buoyancy chamber. The first inflatable buoyancy chamber can be disposed at a back side of a person while the person i... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6645027 | Safety vest A safety vest device. The device comprising a right buoyant pad, a center buoyant pad being connected by a first shoulder strap and a left buoyant pad being connected by a second shoulder strap. The device also comprises a right leg strap having an end co... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6511357 | Utility pocket for a life-jacket A life jacket comprises a back panel defining a first flotation pocket and adapted to lie adjacent a wearer's back and a front panel defining a second flotation pocket, the front panel being connected with the back panel and adapted to lie adjacent the we... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6478510 | Dive vest A dive vest that includes a torso-engaging member with a waistband, an air bladder contained throughout the torso-engaging member, beaded weight pads quickly releasable from the waistband, a scuba tank carrier plate attached to the torso-engaging member, ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6439942 | Heated liner for wearing under an upper torso garment A heated liner that is worn under an upper torso garment. The liner includes an upper torso-covering garment that underlies the upper torso garment, heating wires, storage batteries that are in electrical communication with, and power, the heating wires, ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6364729 | Personal flotation device with front portion central pull system A personal flotation device for being worn by a user includes a buoyant back body portion, a buoyant front body portion opposite the back portion, first and second straps coupled to the back body portion and converging into a third strap, and a fastener c... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6354295 | Supplied air snorkeling device A supplied air snorkeling device is provided. This device includes a flotation vest coupled with a tank holder. This flotation vest contains flotation material that cannot be deflated and substantially prohibits a user from submerging. A tank cover is pos... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6260199 | Swimwear with buoyant neck support and body panels A swimwear garment made of ultra-violet resistant material encloses the body of a child when fastened-up, and has a back zip (3), sleeves (2A), leg openings and a neck opening (4). The garment incorporates buoyant panels (8) at its back and a front panel ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 5921898 | Water exercise method An exercise device for use in water is made of a material adapted for floating and has sufficient buoyancy to support a user positioned in a body of water. Two opposed end portions are connected by a narrowed central portion that is dimensioned to fit bet... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5823838 | Life-jacket The invention provides a life-jacket which takes account of the articulation zones of a wearer's body, namely those parts of the upper torso that bend, twist and flex when engaged in maritime activities. This is done by providing a life-jacket having buoy... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5823839 | Personal flotation device having elastic armhole periphery A U.S. Coast Guard approved personal flotation device for persons engaged in sport activities. The personal flotation device includes a body formed from a series of body panels, or sections, formed from a fabric covered soft foam flotation material. Elast... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5800228 | Free-driver permanently wearable self-rescue system The instant invention offers a permanently wearable self-rescue system for free divers and others engaged in aquatic pursuits to recover to the surface of the water if they should become disabled for any reason. Prior to or during ascent from a dive, if t... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5785568 | Life preserver/cushion A life preserver/cushion that has flotation panels which may be releasably secured together to form a seat cushion and when so secured the life preserver/cushion also serves as a tossable flotation device. A fabric interconnecting panel with a hand openin... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5778451 | Buoyant swim garment and method of manufacture A buoyant swim garment has inner and outer layers of fabric and, intermediate the inner and outer layers a buoyant flexible sheet material. The sheet material has spaced V-shaped grooves with sides meeting in a line at an apex, the grooves extending in a ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5775967 | Diaper swim suit A personal floatation device particularly adapted for home use with babies under parental supervision. The personal floatation device has floatation foam pads sewn into a sturdy, non-slip, woven cotton cover. The back section has three floatation foam pan... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5759076 | Lightweight personal flotation device A one-piece lightweight personal flotation device which is aerodynamic and form-fitting for a male or female wearer includes an inflatable bladder having front and rear panels, the front panel having generally concave longitudinal side edges to create an ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5746632 | Floatation aid A floatation aid is provided which is especially useful for swimming instruction and which includes a harness and two floatation devices. In an exemplary embodiment the floatation devices are positioned over the chest and the lower back of a person. The f... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5588891 | Swim training device A improved swim training device for teaching a novice swimmer to swim that includes a pair of buoyancy units that are defined as a pair of interconnected jackets adapted to removably store a plurality of floatation cells. The jackets are adjustable to the... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5549495 | Side entry life vest A side entry life vest has buckles disposed on the ventral panel and belts retained in horizontal tubes formed in the dorsal panel. The likelihood that a wearer may don the vest backwards is minimized because the buckles would be beyond the person's comfo... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5459874 | Construction of flotation swimsuits Two embodiments of swimsuits providing flotation for the wearer of the suits are disclosed, in addition to methods of constructing such suits and a specialized tool facilitating the construction of such suits. The suits include a series of lower flotation... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5413485 | Method for teaching a person to swim A process for teaching a person how to swim by using a swimsuit having a front portion with a variable buoyancy flotation device that acts to maintain a person in a swimming position, instructing a person how to use proper swimming techniques, and periodi... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5385496 | Buoyancy compensator with lateral expansion and method therefor A buoyancy compensator for a diver having an inflatable bladder characterized by minimal lateral deformation when inflated is formed of a two piece gusset of double-sided heat sealable material disposed between a forward and a rearward single-sided heat s... | 01/31/1995 |
