Patent ID: 6837765
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: B63B,B63H

Abstract:
1. A flotation device for supporting a person in a volume of water, said volume of water defining a surface of water, said person having a trunk defining a trunk front surface and a trunk rear surface, said person also having a head, a pair of arms and a pair of legs all extending from said trunk, said legs merging into a crotch; said flotation device comprising: a substantially buoyant body, said body having a substantially elongated configuration, said body defining a body longitudinal axis, a body first longitudinal end and a substantially opposed body second longitudinal end, said body also defining a body first main surface and an opposed body second main surface; a seat component extending substantially outwardly from said body first main surface intermediate said body first and second longitudinal ends; said body and said seat component being configured, sized and positioned relative to each other so as to allow said device to buoyantly support said person in said volume of water in both a reclining and a sitting position wherein when in said reclining position, said body is in a substantially flat configuration and, wherein when in said sitting position, said body is substantially bent about a bending location positioned substantially adjacent to said seat component so as to allow at least part of said body first surface located between said body first longitudinal end and said seat component to abuttingly support at least part of said trunk rear surface and so as to also allow said seat component to extend between said legs adjacent said crotch of said person for abuttingly supporting said person.