Appeal No. 96-4085
Application 08/341,837
APPENDED CLAIMS
21. A flotation method comprising:
lying in the water on a flotation apparatus with the
flotation apparatus oriented with respect to the user’s body such
that the head and shoulders of the user are on a first float
section, a portion of the legs of the user which is above the
knees of the user is on a second float section, the legs of the
user beneath the knees are unsupported by the flotation apparatus
and a flexible connecting section which is of less buoyancy than
the first and second float sections and which joins the first and
second float sections underlies the user from a mid back region
of the user to a femoral region of the user whereby the flexible
connecting section allows the user’s body from the mid back
region to the femoral region to be in the water.
22. A flotation apparatus, comprising:
a first float section sized and adapted to underlie the
head and shoulders of a user;
a second float section sized and adapted to underlie a
femoral portion of the legs of the user and being shorter than
the first float section; and
a connecting section formed of a flexible material and
being less buoyant than the first and second float sections, said
connecting section extending between and joining said first and
second float sections, said connecting section being longer than
either of said float sections, said connecting section being
sized and adapted to extend from a mid back region of the user to
a femoral region of the user and to terminate at such femoral
region, and the flotation apparatus terminating at a distal end
of the second float section.
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