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US 2018/0008875 A1Published application
Pull Buoy
OwnerJordan Frankinventor
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Abstract
A flotation component, such as for a pull buoy, can be sized and shaped to be placed between the legs of a swimmer. The flotation component can include one or more features to assist in maintaining the flotation component in place while the swimmer is swimming. A pull buoy including the flotation component also can include an internally routed strap that assists in fastening the flotation component to at least one leg. A pull buoy including the flotation component can include a waist portion having a lateral diameter that decreases from one end to the opposite end.
Claims20
A buoy, comprising:
- a flotation component configured to be secured between legs of a swimmer, wherein the flotation component includes:
- a top portion having a first lateral diameter;
- a waist portion having a second lateral diameter smaller than the first lateral diameter, wherein the second lateral diameter decreases from a first end of the flotation component to a second end of the flotation component;
- and
- a bottom portion having a third lateral diameter larger than the second lateral diameter.
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A buoy, comprising:
- a flotation component configured to be secured between legs of a swimmer, wherein the flotation component includes:
- a top portion having a first lateral diameter;
- a waist portion having a second lateral diameter smaller than the first lateral diameter;
- and
- a bottom portion having a third lateral diameter larger than the second lateral diameter;
- and
- a strap including two ends extending from a top location and a bottom location on a first lateral side of the flotation component, wherein the top location is located between a vertical center of the buoy and a vertical location of the first lateral diameter, and wherein the bottom location is located between the vertical center of the buoy and a vertical location of the third lateral diameter;
- and
- means for securing the two ends of the strap around one of the legs.
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A buoy, comprising:
- a flotation component including a set of angled slots, wherein the set of angled slots include a pair of openings located on a first lateral side of the flotation component, and wherein an end of each angled slot in the set of angled slots furthest from the first lateral side is closer to a vertical center of the flotation component than each opening located on the first lateral side of the flotation component;
- a strap routed through the set of angled slots in the flotation component and extending from a pair of openings located on a first lateral side of the flotation component;
- and
- means for securing the first lateral side of the flotation component to a swimmer using the strap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.