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Merchant and passenger ships are generally required to have a life preserver for everyperson aboard and in many cases, a certain percentage of smaller sizes for children. Accordingto United States requirements, life preservers must design, reversible capable of being quicklyadjusted to fit the uninitiated individual, and must be so designed as to support the wearer inthe water in an upright or slightly backward position.　　Sufficient buoyancy(浮力) to support the wearer should be retained by the life preserverafter 48 hours in the water, and it should be reliable even after long period of storag