Pool Noodle Plug Apparatus and Method

Abstract

A flotation apparatus includes an elongate, buoyant body having first and second opposite, longitudinal ends and a hollow core defining a passageway extending between the first and second ends; and a first plug entirely located within the hollow core proximate the first longitudinal end and a second plug entirely located within the hollow core proximate the second longitudinal end. The first and second plugs are configured to prevent bugs, mice, and snakes from entering the passageway extending between the first and second plugs. Each of the first and second plugs defines openings therein for venting moisture from the passageway extending between and enclosed by the first and second plugs. The first and second plugs engage in a frictional fit with a wall of the passageway defined by the hollow core and do not protrude out of the passageway. The flotation apparatus preferably is a pool noodle.

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