Patent Application
20160311508
1. Field of the Disclosure
The disclosure relates to support devices and more particularly pertains to a new support device for supporting a person in a variety of positions while in a body of water.
2. Summary of the Disclosure
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of frames each having an elbow coupling a first section to a second section. The elbow of each frame forms a right angle between the first section and the second section. A first tube is flexible and buoyant in water. The first section of each of the frames is inserted into an associated end of the first tube wherein the first tube couples the first sections together. A second tube is flexible and buoyant in water. The second section of each of the frames is inserted into an associated end of the second tube wherein the second tube couples the second sections together.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A first tube 30 has opposite ends 32. The first tube 30 is flexible and buoyant in water being constructed of a conventional foam material or the like. The first section 16 of each of the frames 12 is inserted into an associated one of the opposite ends 32 of the first tube 30 wherein the first tube 30 couples the first sections 16 together. Each of the associated ends 32 of the first tube 30 abuts an associated one of the elbows 14 wherein the first tube 30 fully covers the first sections 16 of the frames 12. The first tube 30 has a length greater than a combined length of the first sections 16 of the frames 12 such that a gap 34 is defined between the first sections 16 within the first tube 30.
A second tube 36 has opposite ends 38. The second tube 36 is flexible and buoyant in water being constructed of the same material as the first tube 30. The second section 18 of each of the frames 12 is inserted into an associated one of the opposite ends 38 of the second tube 36 wherein the second tube 36 couples the second sections 18 together. Each of the associated ends 38 of the second tube 36 abuts an associated one of the elbows 14 wherein the second tube 36 fully covers the second section 18 of the frames 12. The second tube 36 has a length greater than a combined length of the second sections 18 of the frames 12 such that a space 40 is defined between the second sections 18 within the second tube 36.
In use, the first tube 30 and the second tube 36 are coupled to the frames 12 as described above. The frames 12 then support the first tube 30 and second tube 36 in the desired shape to allow the device 10 to be used in a body of water to support a person in a seated position, as in
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
