Learn-to-Swim Training Device

Abstract

A swim training flotation device system includes two oblong inflatable bags connected to a belt worn about a swimmer's waist. The swim training flotation device allows swimmers to move from a vertical position to a horizontal position and from a prone position to a supine position without adjustment of the device. In addition, the device does not inhibit a swimmer's arm stroke and the device promotes a neutral swimming position.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device to be worn by a swimmer during swimming instruction, comprising:
 a belt configured to be worn around a waist of the swimmer;   a first oblong shaped bag being connected to said belt and extending outwardly from said belt; and   a second oblong shaped bag being connected to said belt, extending outwardly from said belt, and opposing said first oblong shaped bag.   
     
     
         2 . A device to be worn by a swimmer during swimming instruction, comprising:
 an oblong shaped bag having a meridian; and   a leaf for connecting to a belt segment, said leaf extending medially from said meridian, said leaf having a hinge being connected along said meridian.   
     
     
         3 . The device according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 said oblong shaped bag has a length; and   said hinge has a length equal to one half of said length of said oblong shaped bag.   
     
     
         4 . The device according to  claim 2 , further comprising a further leaf for connecting to a further belt segment, said further leaf extending medially from said meridian, said further leaf having a hinge being connected along said meridian. 
     
     
         5 . The device according to  claim 2 , further comprising a belt segment for wearing around at least a part of a waist of the swimmer, said belt segment being connected to said leaf. 
     
     
         6 . The device according to  claim 5 , further comprising:
 a further oblong shaped bag having a meridian; and   a further leaf being connected to said belt segment, said further leaf extending medially from said meridian of said further leaf, and said leaf having a hinge being connected along said meridian of said further oblong shaped bag.   
     
     
         7 . A device to be worn by a swimmer during swimming instruction, comprising:
 a first oblong shaped bag having a meridian;   a second oblong shaped bag having a meridian;   a first leaf extending medially from said meridian of said first oblong shaped bag, said first leaf having a hinge being connected along said meridian of said first oblong shaped bag;   a second leaf extending medially from said meridian of said first oblong shaped bag, said second leaf having a hinge being connected along said meridian of said first oblong shaped bag;   a third leaf extending medially from said meridian of said second oblong shaped bag, said third leaf having a hinge being connected along said meridian of said second oblong shaped bag;   a fourth leaf extending medially from said meridian of said second oblong shaped bag, said fourth leaf having a hinge being connected along said meridian of said second oblong shaped bag;   a first belt segment interconnecting said first leaf and said third leaf; and   a second belt segment being interconnecting said second leaf and said fourth leaf.   
     
     
         8 . The device according to  claim 7 , wherein said first leaf, said first belt segment, said second leaf, said third leaf, said second belt segment, and said fourth leaf form a belt configured to be worn around a waist of the swimmer. 
     
     
         9 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein said belt has a buckle and said buckle allows said belt to adjust to a circumference between sixty centimeters and one-hundred-thirty centimeters. 
     
     
         10 . The device according to  claim 5 , wherein said belt segment adjust from nineteen centimeters to forty-one centimeters. 
     
     
         11 . The device according to  claim 7 , wherein:
 said first belt segment has an adjustable length; and   said second belt segment has an adjustable length.   
     
     
         12 . The device according to  claim 5 , further comprising:
 a first snap clip part being disposed on said belt segment; and   a second snap clip part being disposed on said leaf, said second snap clip part complementing said first snap clip part and being releasably connectable to said first snap clip part.   
     
     
         13 . A method of adjusting the device according to  claim 11 , which comprises:
 placing said first leaf, first belt segment, said third leaf, said fourth leaf, said second belt segment, and said fourth leaf around a waist of the swimmer;   tightening said adjustable length of said first belt segment and said adjustable length of said second belt segment until said first leaf, first belt segment, said third leaf, said fourth leaf, said second belt segment, and said fourth leaf fit snugly around the waist of the swimmer; and   aligning said meridian of said first oblong shaped bag to be coplanar with a medial section of a torso of the swimmer while aligning said meridian of said second oblong shaped bag with the medial section of the torso of the swimmer.