Swim aid device and method of use thereof
OwnerAndrew Coxinventor
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Abstract
A swim aid device comprising a belt having a hoop portion including a first tab and a second tab, a front end and a back end opposite said front end wherein the back end includes an opening and wherein the belt is biased in a first closed position and operatively openable to a second open position; and one or more buoyant elements couplable to said back end of the belt and securable in place with said tabs wherein a buoyancy of the one or more buoyant elements allows a user to remain afloat.
Claims20
A swim aid device, comprising:
- a) a belt having:
- i) a hoop portion including a first tab and a second tab;
- ii) a front end and a back end opposite said front end wherein the back end includes an opening and wherein the belt is biased in a first closed position and operatively openable to a second open position;
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- b) one or more buoyant elements couplable to said back end of the belt and securable in place with said tabs wherein a buoyancy of the one or more buoyant elements allows a user to remain afloat.
A swim aid device, comprising:
- a) a belt having a front end and a back end opposite the front end wherein the back end comprises a closure mechanism and wherein said front end comprises a floating element;
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- b) one or more buoyant elements couplable to said back end of the belt wherein the swim aid device allows a user to remain in a swimming position and with a head of the user away from a body of water.
A method of swimming training using a swim aid device comprising a belt having a hoop portion including a first tab and a second tab, a front end and an opposite back end wherein the back end comprises an opening and wherein the belt is biased in a first closed position and operatively openable to a second open position, one or more buoyant elements couplable to said back end of the belt and securable in place with said tabs wherein a buoyancy of the one or more buoyant elements allows a user to remain afloat;
- the method comprising the steps of:
- i) opening the belt of the swim aid device and securing said swim aid device around a waist of the user;
- ii) allowing said swim aid device to regain its biased first closed position;
- iii) positioning the back end of the swim aid device and the one or more buoyant elements along a back of the user;
- iv) entering a body of water with a head upward;
- v) initiating a swimming position wherein a torso of the user is in the body of water and the back of the user is afloat all while the head of the user remains outside of the body of water;
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- vi) performing a swimming training exercise.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.