A device to aid a swimmer in training includes a piece of swimwear and a plurality of flow resistance increasing structures attached to the swimwear. The flow resistance increasing structures include a fill material constructed with a polymerized, monofilament material. The polymerized, monofilament material can include tulle.

There is provided swimwear which satisfies the stretchability, strength, ease of movement, and the like desired for swimwear, has superior water repellency, and reduces friction resistance between a surface of the swimwear and water. The woven fabric for swimwear according to the present invention has a weave structure in which covering coated threads are arranged in at least a part of a warp or weft yarn, the covering coated threads each including an elastic fiber as a core yarn and a synthetic fiber filament as a sheath yarn, where, in a woven fabric structure, one of the warp yarn and the weft yarn has a larger number of float yarns. A direction with a large number of float yarns is defined as a body length (height) direction of the swimwear, a ratio of resistance yarn in a direction perpendicular to the body length (height) direction is 40% or less. The woven fabric is suitably used for swimwear.

A kit for use in creating customized swimwear is provided including an outer layer formed of a water repellent draw-on fabric, an inner layer formed from a water repellent fabric, and a plurality of fabric markets of different colors.

My invention is very different to all other similar products. The difference being is that my Flotation Device is an integral and unobtrusive part of any swimming costume or bathing suit. It could be in the form of a draw string cord or even making up the swimming costume or bathing suit itself. When the swimmer realizes that additional floatation is needed, the swimmer extracts or detaches the device from the costume and placing the Floatation Device tube into their mouth they then blow air from their lungs into the Flotation Device to obtain assisted floatation.

RipTide Angel Drowning Prevention Suit is a mechanical invention developed from a conversation about the effects of inclement weather while at the beach and concern for the safety of our special-needs family member prompting the idea. This invention provides the consumer with additional time to react in saving a person who may be caught in a riptide due to inclement weather, etc. enabling them to be pulled back to safety by a rope-like device that remains on land within the hand of another person in case there is a riptide or strong wave that pulls the individual in the ocean further out to sea. This practical product may reduce the incidence of riptides carrying the adult or a child offshore and possibly drowning.

One-piece safety swimsuit 1, extending from at least the crotch up to the top of the shoulders and comprising buoyancy elements 2, 7 configured to keep a user of the swimsuit 1 above water from the shoulders, each buoyancy element 2, 7 comprising several sheets stacked on top of each other, each sheet being from 1.05 mm to 1.50 mm thick, preferably from 1.10 mm to 1.30 mm thick, even more preferably 1.20 mm thick, said sheets being composed of polymer fibres enclosing a volume of a gas that is greater than the volume of the polymer.

The present invention provides a swimwear composed of a buoyant material. The swimwear, covering a portion of the torso and a portion of the legs or a user, allows for a uniform distribution of buoyancy. Furthermore, the construction of the buoyant material, comprising hexagonal low density polyethylene sheets composed of spandex layers and low-density polyethylene, provides buoyancy without limiting the mobility of the user. Stretchable spacing between the hexagonal low-density polyethylene sheets provides users with elasticity in a many directions.

An improved personal flotation apparatus is presented. The personal flotation apparatus is a form-fitting body swimsuit garment having a plurality of uniformly sized and uniformly spaced cells configured to receive uniformly sized flotation material to enable a wearer to float while wearing the device.

The present invention relates to a floatable breathing device. The floatable breathing device provides includes a head unit, a snorkel, a plurality of receiving passageways, and an internal pathway. The head unit has buoyant properties and includes an ornamental shaped outer housing and an inner housing positioned within the outer housing, the inner housing forms a head receiving section, the head receiving section is provided between outer surfaces of the outer housing and is configured to be contoured to a human head. The snorkel connects to and extends from the head unit. The plurality of receiving passageways are disposed about the outer housing and receiving the snorkel, the snorkel extending through and exiting a portion of the head unit above a predetermined waterline extending along a periphery of a lower portion of the head unit thereof and identifies buoyancy of the head unit in water. The internal pathway positioned along a base of the outer housing and extending through a center section of the head receiving section of the head unit.

The present invention relates to a floatable breathing device. The floatable breathing device a head unit, a mask and a snorkel. The head unit general includes an ornamental shaped outer housing, an insulated housing positioned within the outer housing and having an ornamental shape and buoyant properties, and a head receiving section provided between the outer housing and the insulated housing and contoured to a human head. The mask extends from the outer housing, while the snorkel extends through and exits a portion of the head unit above a predetermined waterline.