Inflatable neck and head support

Claim 1

A personal floatation support for use around the neck of a wearer for supporting the head of a wearer in water consisting of a substantially rectangular body of flexible gas impervious material, said rectangular body having a pair of overlapping side panels, said side panels having a pair of spaced side edges and a pair of spaced end edges that are sealed to form a closed inflatable chamber, fastener means mounted adjacent to said end edges on said body for securing said flexible rectangular body into an annular shape for encompassing the neck of a wearer upon inflation, and valve means mounted on said rectangular body for connection to said chamber for providing pressurized gas to said chamber to convert said rectangular body from a collapsed flexible condition to an inflated annular flexible shape that holds the head in an upright position while permitting free movement in a side to side position wherein said fastener means includes strap means having one end secured to one of said end edges of said support, said strap means having two opposed faces of hook material, and T-shaped strips secured to the rectangular body adjacent the remaining one of said end edges of said support, each of said T-shaped strips having a head portion and a stem portion, said stem portion being a short perpendicular portion extending from said head portion and away from said rectangular body portion, said head portion being secured to said body, and said T-shaped strips having loop material faces thereon for cooperative locking action with said strips, and the free end portion of said stem secured over said strap means when said strap means is secured to said head portion of said T-shaped strips to provide a double locking.