Animal life preservers

A lifer preserver for use by a four-legged animal for supporting the animal in a generally horizontal, partially submerged state of floating equilibrium in a body of water, the lifer preserver comprising:

• an inflation chamber comprised of an inflation system which includes at least one of a manual inflation system, an automatic inflation system and an oral inflation tube, the inflation chamber being constructed and adapted to be positioned under the animal's neck;
• and
• a harness system comprising at least one adjustable harness for encircling the chest area of the animal, the harness system connected to the inflation chamber for attaching the life preserver to an animal,
• wherein, when worn inflated, the life preserver maintains an animal at or near the surface of the water, with the animal's head out of the water, and
• wherein the inflation system includes an automatic inflation system comprises at least one of an automatic CO2 inflation system and a manually activated CO2 inflation system.

A lifer preserver for use by a four-legged animal for supporting the animal in a generally horizontal, partially submerged state of floating equilibrium in body of water, the lifer preserver comprising:

• an inflation chamber comprised of an inflation system which includes at least one of a manual inflation system, an automatic inflation system and an oral inflation tube, the inflation chamber being constructed and adapted to be positioned under the animal's neck;
• a harness system comprising at least one adjustable harness for encircling the chest area of the animal and at least one adjustable harness for encircling the waist area of the animal, the harness system connected to the inflation chamber for attaching the lifer preserver to an animal,
• wherein, when worn inflated, the lifer preserver maintains an animal at or near the surface of the water, with the animal's head out of the water, and
• wherein the inflation system includes an automatic inflation system comprises at least one of an automatic CO2 inflation system and a manually activated CO2 inflation system.