Patent ID: 8272908

Claim:
A swim ring and swim aid for swim students for learning how to swim, comprising: at least one ring stabilizing a swim position of a swim ring; a base component attached to the at least one ring and bridging the at least one ring, wherein the base component supports a chest portion of a swim student; wings protruding upward from the base component or from the at least one ring and including disengageable wing connectors connecting ends of the wings with one another behind a back of the swim student and including a wing connector attached to an end of a first wing and a wing connector attached at an end of a second wing; and suspenders that are attachable on a first side at the base component or at the ring and on a second side at the wings, wherein the suspenders extend over shoulders of the swim student, wherein ends of the suspenders are connectable to the wings through disengageable suspender connectors, which include at least one wing side suspender connector and at least one suspender side suspender connector, wherein the suspenders are attached at wing side ends of the suspenders at the at least one suspender side suspender connector, wherein the at least one wing side suspender connector and the wing connector of the first wing are integrally combined to form a combined one piece wing side connector to which the wing connector of the second wing and also the at least one suspender side connector are respectively connectable in a disengageable manner, and wherein the combined one piece wing side connector, the at least one suspender side suspender connector and the wing connector of the second wing are connectable with one another only in one configuration.