Swimmer's safety buoy and float

Claim 1

A SWIMMER''S FLOAT COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT BUOYANT MEMBER HAVING LARGE SURFACE AREAS AT THE OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF; AND A SADDLE MEMBER EXTENDING FROM THE CENTER OF ONE END OF SAID BUOYANT MEMBER AND HELD IN AN OPERATIVE POSITION LYING IN A PLANE PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANES OF SAID LARGE SURFACE AREAS, SAID SADDLE MEMBER DEFINING AT LEAST ONE ARCUATE RECESS WHICH, WHEN SAID SADDLE MEMBER IS IN SAID OPERATIVE POSITION, OPENS GENERALLY TOWARD SAID BUOYANT MEMBER AT ONE OF SAID SIDES OF THE LATTER SO THAT A SWIMMER CAN STRADDLE SAID SADDLE MEMBER AT SAID RECESS AND THEREBY BE MAINTAINED IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FLOAT WHILE LYING ON SAID BUOYANT MEMBER AND BEING SUPPORTED BY THE LATTER, SAID SADDLE MEMBER BEING NON-BUOYANT AND THEREBY CAUSING SAID BUOYANT MEMBER TO FLOAT IN AN ERECT POSITION WITH SAID ONE END LOWERMOST AND WITH MAJOR PORTIONS OF SAID SURFACE AREAS OUT OF THE WATER UPON RELEASE OF THE FLOAT FROM A SWIMMER, SO THAT THE FLOAT THEN ALSO CONSTITUTES A READILY VISIBLE SAFETY BUOY.