Patent ID: 7249988

Claim:
A personal flotation device comprising a flotation panel, a neck opening through said flotation panel, said neck opening being defined by three lobes symmetrically positioned around said neck opening each projecting in toward the inside of said neck opening and including a chin lobe, said chin lobe being positioned to engage the underside of the chin of a user when said device is in operative position on said user thereby to inhibit removal of said device over the head of the user and said chin lobe is spaced from adjacent portions of adjacent said three lobes to provide spaces therebetween to facilitate donning and doffing of said device when said chin is aligned with one of said spaces and an inflatable bladder having a first bladder panel overlying a second bladder panel and closure seals sealing said bladder panels together around the outer periphery of said bladder panels and around the periphery of said three lobes of said neck opening to define said inflatable bladder.