A floatation device is configured to provide floatation without interfering with a user's upper body movement. The floatation device has a first set of four straps adapted to encircle the user's hips. A right thigh floatation pad and a right back hip floatation pad are joined to the first four straps. A first elastic band is joined to the first four straps and a waist floatation pad. A second set of four straps are adapted to encircle the user's hips. A left thigh floatation pad and a left back hip floatation pad are joined to the first four straps. A second elastic band is joined to the second four straps and a second waist floatation pad. Three elastic bands are joined to four floatation pads and the second elastic band. Three straps with buckles are attached to the elastic bands.

A floatation device is configured to provide floatation without interfering with a user's upper body movement. The floatation device has a first set of four straps adapted to encircle the user's hips. A right thigh floatation pad and a right back hip floatation pad are joined to the first four straps. A first elastic band is joined to the first four straps and a waist floatation pad. A second set of four straps are adapted to encircle the user's hips. A left thigh floatation pad and a left back hip floatation pad are joined to the first four straps. A second elastic band is joined to the second four straps and a second waist floatation pad. Three elastic bands are joined to four floatation pads and the second elastic band. Three straps with buckles are attached to the elastic bands.

A throwable rotateable rescue device with a retrieval cord and a set of peripheral handles that are retained within the rescue ring during storage and throwing of the rescue ring but are automatically extendable to a grasping position without interfering with the rescue device retrieval cord during the flight of the rescue ring thereby enabling a person in distress to easily and quickly grasp the handles and be pulled to safety through the retrieval cord.

A floatation device is configured to provide floatation without interfering with a user's upper body movement. The floatation device has a first set of four straps adapted to encircle the user's hips. A right thigh floatation pad and a right back hip floatation pad are joined to the first four straps. A first elastic band is joined to the first four straps and a waist floatation pad. A second set of four straps are adapted to encircle the user's hips. A left thigh floatation pad and a left back hip floatation pad are joined to the first four straps. A second elastic band is joined to the second four straps and a second waist floatation pad. Three elastic bands are joined to four floatation pads and the second elastic band. Three straps with buckles are attached to the elastic bands.

A floatation device is configured to provide floatation without interfering with a user's upper body movement. The floatation device has a first set of four straps adapted to encircle the user's hips. A right thigh floatation pad and a right back hip floatation pad are joined to the first four straps. A first elastic band is joined to the first four straps and a waist floatation pad. A second set of four straps are adapted to encircle the user's hips. A left thigh floatation pad and a left back hip floatation pad are joined to the first four straps. A second elastic band is joined to the second four straps and a second waist floatation pad. Three elastic bands are joined to four floatation pads and the second elastic band. Three straps with buckles are attached to the elastic bands.

A seatback-engageable automotive headrest including a buoyant cushion body within a casing, a rigid structure with an internal portion within the casing and an external portion outside the casing for detachable connection with the top of an automobile seatback, all as typical for automotive headrests, but also having the improvement of the casing being configured to define an accessibility opening, and a tether inside the casing adjacent to the accessibility opening and permanently attached to the rigid structure, such that, with the headrest detached from the seatback, a portion of the tether can be grasped through the accessibility opening and withdrawn for securement to a person to facilitate flotation.

A seatback-engageable automotive headrest including a buoyant cushion body within a casing, a rigid structure with an internal portion within the casing and an external portion outside the casing for detachable connection with the top of an automobile seatback, all as typical for automotive headrests, but also having the improvement of the casing being configured to define an accessibility opening, and a tether inside the casing adjacent to the accessibility opening and permanently attached to the rigid structure, such that, with the headrest detached from the seatback, a portion of the tether can be grasped through the accessibility opening and withdrawn for securement to a person to facilitate flotation.

A seatback-engageable automotive headrest including a buoyant cushion body within a casing, a rigid structure with an internal portion within the casing and an external portion outside the casing for detachable connection with the top of an automobile seatback, all as typical for automotive headrests, but also having the improvement of the casing being configured to define an accessibility opening, and a tether inside the casing adjacent to the accessibility opening and permanently attached to the rigid structure, such that, with the headrest detached from the seatback, a portion of the tether can be grasped through the accessibility opening and withdrawn for securement to a person to facilitate flotation.

A seatback-engageable automotive headrest including a buoyant cushion body within a casing, a rigid structure with an internal portion within the casing and an external portion outside the casing for detachable connection with the top of an automobile seatback, all as typical for automotive headrests, but also having the improvement of the casing being configured to define an accessibility opening, and a tether inside the casing adjacent to the accessibility opening and permanently attached to the rigid structure, such that, with the headrest detached from the seatback, a portion of the tether can be grasped through the accessibility opening and withdrawn for securement to a person to facilitate flotation.