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US 2016/0114872 A1Published application
Collapsible flotation device
AssigneeKelsyus, LLC
InventorDavid A. ARIAS
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Abstract
A device comprises a spring and a sleeve. The spring is configured to form a closed loop. The spring is moveable between a coiled configuration when the spring is collapsed and an uncoiled configuration when the spring is expanded. The spring defines a circumference while in the uncoiled configuration. The spring is disposed within the sleeve.
Claims1
An apparatus, comprising:
- a panel having an interior region and an outer region disposed about the interior region,
- the interior region including a mesh material having an outer perimeter portion, the mesh material having a maximum length greater than a maximum width of the first flexible material,
- the outer region including a first layer of material and a second layer of material, an inner perimeter portion of each of the first layer of material and the second layer of material being fixedly coupled to the outer perimeter portion of the mesh material of the interior region;
- a first inflatable bladder disposed between the first layer of material and the second layer of material of the outer region of the panel;
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- a second inflatable bladder disposed between the first layer of material and the second layer of material of the outer region of the panel;
- at least one of the first inflatable bladder or the second inflatable bladder having a sufficient size when inflated to maintain the apparatus in an extended configuration and support a weight of a user of the apparatus when the apparatus is disposed in water and the user is disposed on the apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.