Bathing float device

Claim 1

A bathing float device for supporting a baby, said device comprising: an annular float including top and bottom surfaces, upper and lower ends, and opposed sides for floating on the water and supporting a bAby lying on its back and facing upwardly, said float being provided with a horizontal partition wall dividing the float into upper and lower chambers formed by said top and bottom surfaces; a hollow pillow provided at the upper end of the annular float facing upwardly; flexible hollow arms provided on said annular float at respective sides, below said pillow, fixed at one end to said respective side of said float and having the free ends of the arms extending toward each other and crossing themselves, over the center of said annular float; a back sheet being longer than the diameter of said annular float and mounted at its ends to the upper and lower ends of said annular float respectively in such a manner as to hang in arcuate state from said annular float to support the back of said baby when positioned thereon; a flexible strip bridging said annular float near the lower end thereof, overlying the top surface of the sides of the annular float and underlying the back sheet, and extending across the back and being fixed to respective sides of said annular float; a pair of strings bridging said float to the bottom of the back sheet and along the side edges of the back sheet and being fixed at one end to the bottom surface of the annular float near its upper end in each case and being fixed to said flexible strip at the opposite end thereof, and means for controlling the inflation and deflation of the upper and lower chambers, said hollow pillow and said hollow arms.