Float and combination of floats

The present invention relates to a float ( 1 ) useable as a buoy, provided with a substantially elongate and flexible body ( 2 ), comprising a structural element ( 4 ) to be fitted into its body ( 2 ), the structural element ( 4 ) permitting the shaping of the body ( 2 ). The present invention further relates to a combination of floats, the combination being particularly useable in the construction of floating objects, each float comprising a substantially elongate and flexible body, each body ( 2 ) comprising a structural element to be fitted into it, the structural element permitting the shaping of the body ( 2 ). The body ( 2 ) of the float ( 1 ) is provided with an inner axial channel ( 3 ) along its length into which the structural element ( 4 ) is inserted.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES According to a preferred embodiment and as can be seen from FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 , the float 1 comprises a body 2 provided with an inner axial channel 3 and a structural element 4 or core. The body 2 of the float 1 is flexible, substantially cylindrical and elongate in shape, made of non-toxic expanded polymer. The axial channel 3 is passed along the length of the body 2 . Although the preferred construction illustrated in the drawings is an elongate body 2 having circular cross-section, one should understand that the body 2 may have various sizes and colors and may further be non-cylindrical, as for example, prismatic in shape. FIG. 2 illustrates a structural element 4 , which may be either hollow or solid, made of a ductile material, thus being malleable, metallic or non-metallic and further resistant to corrosion in water environments. The structural element 4 is housed inside the inner axial channel 3 , in the body 2 of the float, so as to fill it completely along its whole length, as shown in FIG. 3 . Alternately, the structural element 4 may fill the inner axial channel 3 of the body 2 only partly. When the structural element 4 is inserted into the body 2 , it allows the formed assembly to be shaped and mainly to retain the desired shaped configuration, taking on creative and appropriate shaped to improve water activities, as for instance therapeutic exercises or plays. The possibility of maintaining the shape modeled by the user is one of the advantages of the float 1 in comparison with the object of the prior art. This characteristic becomes feasible by virtue of the structural element 4 inside the body 2 of the float. The combination of one or more floats 1 provided with the structural element 4 enables the construction of different floating objects, such as shown in FIG. 4 . FIG. 4 illustrates a floating mattress 6 that has a structure formed by the combination of floats 1 according to the present invention, modeled and joined together so as to take on the desired anatomic shape. In the case of the object shown in this figure, the shaped structure is completed by a support element 5 for a user, also made of a polymeric material. A preferred embodiment having been described, it should be understood that the scope of the present invention embraces other possible variations, being limited only by the contents of the accompanying claims, the possible equivalents being included therein.