Patent ID: 7059924

Claim:
A personal flotation devices comprising a wearable inflatable bladder that is selectively adjustable into a retaining configuration that closely fits to a wearer and into a loosened configuration that is removable from the wearer, said inflatable bladder arranged to keep a person buoyant in water when said bladder is inflated and in said retaining configuration; a closure system for releasably securing said inflatable bladder to the wearer in said retaining configuration; a first component of a releasable attachment system being provided with said wearable inflatable bladder, whereby said first component is attachable to a complementary second component of the releasable attachment system that is provided with a separate garment to integrate said inflatable bladder and the separate garment, at least a portion of said first component of the attachment system being independent of said closure system, and wherein disengagement of said closure system does not detach said first component from the complementary second component when said bladder is integrated with the garment, and wherein said bladder, when inflated, keeps a person wearing the garment integrated with said bladder, buoyant in water; wherein said wearable inflatable bladder is separable and reunitable with the separate garment such that said wearable inflatable bladder is selectively adjustable into the retaining configuration that closely fits to the wearer when said bladder is detached from the separate garment; and a system for supporting said inflatable bladder relative to the wearer, wherein said support system includes at least one strap that surrounds a portion of the back of the wearer, and wherein said at least one strap is external of said wearable inflatable bladder.