Flotation device
OwnerMichel Lauzièreinventor
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Abstract
A flotation device includes an elongate buoyant body and an outwardly extending seat disposed intermediate first and second longitudinal ends of the buoyant body. The flotation device is configured to buoyantly support a user in both a reclining and a sitting position. In the reclining position, the body is disposed in a substantially flat configuration. In the sitting position, the body is substantially bent adjacent the seat for at least partially supporting the trunk of the user, and the seat extends between the legs of the user for abuttingly supporting the crotch of the user. The seat is provided with an oar coupling assembly for operatively coupling an oar thereto. The buoyant body is further provided with a solidifying component that extends outwardly from the body to act as a keel when the body is in the reclined position.
Claims30
A flotation device for supporting a person in a volume of water, said volume of water defining a surface of water, said person having a trunk defining a trunk front surface and a trunk rear surface, said person also having a head, a pair of arms and a pair of legs all extending from said trunk, said legs merging into a crotch;
- said flotation device comprising:
- a substantially buoyant body, said body having a substantially elongated configuration, said body defining a body longitudinal axis, a body first longitudinal end and a substantially opposed body second longitudinal end, said body also defining a body first main surface and an opposed body second main surface;
- a seat component extending substantially outwardly from said body first main surface intermediate said body first and second longitudinal ends;
- said body and said seat component being configured, sized and positioned relative to each other so as to allow said device to buoyantly support said person in said volume of water in both a reclining and a sitting position wherein when in said reclining position, said body is in a substantially flat configuration and, wherein when in said sitting position, said body is substantially bent about a bending location positioned substantially adjacent to said seat component so as to allow at least part of said body first surface located between said body first longitudinal end and said seat component to abuttingly support at least part of said trunk rear surface and so as to also allow said seat component to extend between said legs adjacent said crotch of said person for abuttingly supporting said person.
A flotation device for supporting a person in a volume of water, said volume of water defining a surface of water, said person having a trunk defining a trunk front surface and a trunk rear surface, said person also having a head, a pair of arms and a pair of legs all extending from said trunk, said legs merging into a crotch;
- said flotation device comprising:
- a substantially buoyant body, said body having a substantially elongated configuration, said body defining a body longitudinal axis, a body first longitudinal end and a substantially opposed body second longitudinal end, said body also defining a body first main surface and an opposed body second main surface:
- said body allowing said device to buoyantly support said person in said volume of water in both a reclining and a sitting position wherein when in said reclining position, said body is in a substantially flat configuration and, wherein when in said sitting position, said body is substantially bent about a bending location intermediate said body first and second longitudinal ends so as to allow at least part of said body first surface located between said body first longitudinal end and said bending location to abuttingly support at least part of said trunk rear surface and so as to also allow said body adjacent said bending location to extend between said legs adjacent said crotch of said person for abuttingly supporting said person;
- said body being further provided with a solidifying means for forming a solidified portion of said body, said solidified portion extending from a position located substantially adjacent said bending location towards said body first longitudinal end;
- said solidifying means including a solidifying component made out of a substantially rigid material, said solidifying component being at least partially embedded in said body, said solidifying component also extending substantially outwardly from said body second main surface to act as a keel when said body is in said reclined position.
A flotation device for supporting a person in a volume of water, said volume of water defining a surface of water, said person having a trunk defining a trunk front surface and a trunk rear surface, said person also having a head, a pair of arms and a pair of legs all extending from said trunk, said legs merging into a crotch;
- said flotation device comprising:
- a substantially buoyant body, said body having a substantially elongated configuration, said body defining a body longitudinal axis, a body first longitudinal end and a substantially opposed body second longitudinal end, said body also defining a body first main surface and an opposed body second main surface;
- said body allowing said device to buoyantly support said person In said volume of water In both a reclining and a sitting position wherein when in said reclining position, said body is in a substantially flat configuration and, wherein when in said sitting position, said body is substantially bent about a bending location intermediate said body first and second longitudinal ends so as to allow at least part of said body first surface located between said body first longitudinal end and said bending location to abuttingly support at least part of said trunk rear surface and so as to also allow body adjacent said bending location to extend between said legs adjacent said crotch of said person for abuttingly supporting said person;
- said body being further provided with a solidifying means for forming a solidified portion of said body, said solidified portion extending from a position located substantially adjacent Bald bending location towards said body first longitudinal end;
- said solidifying means including a solidifying component made out of a substantially rigid material, said solidifying component being at least partially embedded in said body,
- said body being made out of at least two generally elongated body sections, said body also including a section attachment means for attaching said body sections together in a lateral relationship relative to each other;
- said section attachment means including an attachment rod extending substantially transversally across said body sections;
- said solidifying component being provided with a rod receiving aperture extending therethrough, said attachment rod extending substantially fittingly through said rod receiving aperture.
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