Patent ID: 6089936
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
A float for a personal flotation device, said float comprising:a) a front formed of a buoyant material, said front sized to generally correspond and confront a wearer's chest and shoulder region;b) said front including a neck opening sized and configured to permit passage of the wearer's head therethrough and defining a recess surface about said neck opening;c) a back formed of buoyant material, said back having a first end, a second end and a body between said ends;d) said back being movably connected to said front with said first end of said back disposed generally adjacent said recess surface and so as to reduce an inner diameter of said neck opening;e) said back being movable between a position wherein said neck opening is opened sufficiently to permit the wearer's head to pass therethrough and another position wherein said back confronts the wearer's back region;f) said body of said back being sized and configured to generally confront the wearer's upper and central back region and to dwell within said neck opening; andg) said back being movable into another position closing said neck opening.