Patent ID: 6039572
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: A63B,B63B

Abstract:
A float platform for aquatic instruction and therapy of users of the platform, the float platform comprising:a. a frame including a base platform, a first end wall secured to a first side of the base platform, a second end wall secured to a second side of the base platform opposed to the first side of the base platform, a back wall secured between the first and second end walls to a back side of the base platform so that the first and second end walls and back wall extend above the base platform and cooperate to partially surround a user support area on the base platform having an unrestricted entry-exit between the first and second end walls above a front edge of the base platform opposed to the back edge of the platform; and,b. a first flotation arm and a second flotation arm secured to the frame by fastening means for securing the flotation arms to the frame above the base platform so that the flotation arms float top edges of the first and second end walls near a surface of the water wherein the base platform is below the surface of the water, thereby enabling users on the user support area to be partially supported above a surface of the water and enabling users to readily swim into and exit the support area through the unrestricted entry-exit, wherein the fastening means includes a first strut hook defined in a the top edge of the first end wall, a second strut hook defined in the top edge of the second end wall, the first and second strut hooks each being dimensioned to define an interior having a diameter that is about the same diameter as diameters of first and second struts of the first and second flotation arms, the first and second strut hooks each also being dimensioned to define an opening to the interior that is a distance that is slightly shorter than diameters of the first and second struts so that each strut is detachably secured within an interior of each strut hook by elastic compressive forces of the hook.