Patent ID: 6379208
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B63B,B63C

Abstract:
A personal flotation device comprising:at least one back body portion; at least one front body portion opposite the at least one back body portion; shoulder portions connecting the at least one back body portion and the at least one front body portion; and side portions connecting the at least one back body portion and the at least one front body portion, wherein at least one of the front body portion and the back body portion includes: a first flotation layer; a second flotation layer opposite the first flotation layer; and a low friction interface layer extending in a plane between the first flotation layer and the second flotation layer, wherein the low friction interface layer includes a material different than that of the first flotation layer, wherein at least one of the first flotation layer and the second flotation layer is movable relative to the low friction layer in a second plane parallel to the first plane.