Patent ID: 7727038

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a panel including an inner portion and an outer portion, the inner portion of the panel having a first edge and a second edge on an opposite side of the inner portion of the panel from the first edge, a distance between the first edge of the inner portion of the panel and the second edge of the inner portion of the panel defining a width of the inner portion of the panel, the inner portion of the panel being substantially planar across the width of the inner portion of the panel; a shape-retaining member disposed about the outer portion of the panel, the shape-retaining member being movable between a coiled configuration and an uncoiled configuration; a back support member coupled to at least part of the inner portion of the panel; and a buoyant member disposed about at least the inner portion of the panel, at least a portion of the buoyant member being disposed within at least a portion of the outer portion of the panel, the buoyant member having a first portion and a second portion different from the first portion, the first portion of the buoyant member and the second portion of the buoyant member being disposed at opposite locations of the inner portion of the panel and separated by the width of the inner portion of the panel, the inner portion of the panel extending continuously between the first portion of the buoyant member and the second portion of the buoyant member without an intervening buoyant member, at least one of the outer portion of the panel within which the first portion of the buoyant member is at least partially disposed or the first portion of the buoyant member being in contact with the first edge of the inner portion of the panel, at least one of the outer portion of the panel within which the second portion of the buoyant member is at least partially disposed or the second portion of the buoyant member being in contact with the second edge of the inner portion of the panel, the buoyant member having an outermost width that substantially defines an outermost width of the apparatus, the apparatus being configured to support a user in a seated position.