Patent ID: 7044820

Claim:
A floating ball of a size and configuration sufficient to provide a floating water safety device comprising: A body having an outer surface of a sufficient extent to define a volume sufficient to accommodate at least a portion of each of the four fingers of a person's hand; The body displacing a mass of water equal to the mass of the body wherein the body floats on water; At least two indentations in the outer surface of the body, the indentations having a depth sufficient to receive at least a portion of each of the four fingers of the person's hand; A gripping surface within the indentations against which at least tip portions of the four fingers of one press wherein at least two people adrift in deep water can grip the floating ball and remain together or where the floating ball can be thrown to a person immersed in water, and There are four indentations and associated gripping surfaces allowing several people to link up to a single safety floatation device.