US 12,409,365 B2
Swim aid with adjustable armbands
Yiyun Culp, Wichita, KS (US)
Assigned to The Coleman Company, Inc., Wichita, KS (US)
Appl. No. 17/766,567
Filed by The Coleman Company, Inc., Wichita, KS (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/053711
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/071729, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/911,486, filed on Oct. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0100398 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. A63B 31/12 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 31/12 (2013.01) [A63B 2225/605 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A swim aid for use by a wearer, comprising:
a torso flotation pad;
a first armband pad operatively connected to the torso flotation pad and having an opening for receiving a first arm of the wearer;
wherein the first armband pad includes;
a fabric cover; and
elastic material covered by the fabric cover for expanding and compressing the first armband pad;
wherein the swim aid includes a second armband pad operatively connected to the torso flotation pad and having an opening for receiving a second arm of the wearer;
wherein the second armband pad includes:
the fabric cover; and
elastic material covered by the fabric cover for expanding and compressing the second armband pad; and
wherein each of the first and second armband pads includes two or more strips of elastic material covered by the fabric cover and lining a circumferential interior portion of the first and second armband pads.