A FLOATATION AID HAVING TWO INFLATABLE TUBULAR PARTS BRANCHING OFF FROM ONE INFLATABLE TUBULAR PART

摘要

A flotation aid having an inflatable first tubular part 1, an inflatable second tubular part 2, and an inflatable third tubular part 3. An attachment arrangement 7, 8 enables an end portion of each of the second and third tubular parts to be releasably secured to the first tubular part. When the flotation aid is inflated and in use the first tubular part is able to extend from the front of the torso of a person directly downwards so that an inflated portion of the first tubular part passes, as one piece, between the person's legs. From there it extends directly up the rear of the person and inflated portions of the second and third tubular parts are extend from the back of the person up and over respective shoulders of the person to the front of the torso. The flotation aid is formed so that when it is in normal use, fully inflated and worn by a person in as indicated, in a body of water, the person is held in a substantially upright orientation with his or her head out of the water.