Patent ID: 8104096

Claim:
An inflatable bathing suit system comprising: swimming pants fabricated of an appropriate fabric, the pants having a top portion above positioned around the waist of the wearer and a bottom portion below positioned around the legs of the wearer and an intermediate portion between the top and bottom portions positioned around the thighs of the wearer, the pants also having a front and a back; the top portion formed with a laterally extending small tunnel at the front of the pants, the intermediate portion being formed with a laterally extending large tunnel at the front of the pants, the intermediate portion having a volume between 40 percent and 60 percent greater than the volume of the small tunnel, the small tunnel having a side with an upper aperture, the large tunnel having a side beneath the side of the small tunnel; an inflation assembly including an inflatable bladder within the large tunnel, the inflation assembly also including a tube having an intermediate extent extending through the upper aperture and having a lower end coupled to the bladder and having an upper end positionable in the mouth of a wearer for inflation, the majority of the intermediate extent slidably extending through the upper aperture and being positionable in the small tunnel while not inflating, the majority of the intermediate extent being positionable outside of the small tunnel with the upper end in the mouth of the wearer while inflating; and a wearer controlled clamp on the tube adjacent to the upper end, the clamp adapted to be opened for inflation and deflation purposes, the clamp adapted to be closed for precluding inflation and deflation.