Patent ID: 6620010
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
A buoyancy aid for maintaining the torso of a person in a substantially upright position in a water environment comprising:a fastening member including a belt and a fastening device to fit around the waist of a person; and a buoyancy member including buoyant material which is to be disposed substantially equal on both the front and back of a torso in a manner such that when coupled with the fastening member a harness is formed which straddles the shoulders of an individual while spacing said buoyant material located on the front and back of the torso away from a neck of a user and maintains the torso in a substantially upright position in a water environment, said buoyancy member being formed to be substantially at least one of Y-shaped, V-shaped, triangular-shaped and planar-shaped wherein that portion thereof which forms the harness extending between the front and back of a torso further includes said buoyant material which straddles the shoulders of an individual.