Patent ID: 6905383
Filing Date: 2005-06-14
Classification: A41D,B63B,B63C

Abstract:
1. A personal flotation device for enhancing the safety of one wearing the personal flotation device in water, the device comprising: a one-piece vest, cut from a flat, flexible buoyant material, the one-piece vest, when in a flat configuration having a central trunk section with a generally curved opening above the trunk section and spaced from a top edge thereof with a slot extending from the generally curved opening to the top edge thereof to form opposed upper segments on opposite sides of the slot and the curved opening, the one-piece vest, when in the flat configuration, also including wings extending from opposite side edges of a trunk section adjacent the lower edge thereof, the one-piece vest being folded about a generally horizontal axis to form the personal flotation device so that the upper segments extend behind and are spaced from the trunk section so that the generally curved opening will surround the neck of a wearer of the personal flotation device, and with the wings being folded about generally vertical axes to also extend behind and spaced from the trunk section with the wings and the upper segments forming arm passages through which the arms of the wearer can extend, the one piece vest being restrained in the folded configuration when worn so that the one piece vest extends over the wearer's shoulders and under the wearer's armpits to support the wearer's torso.