single integral piece with second component 270 in this regard the first component 300 of the first top wall 224 shares the single integral piece with the first component 268 of the retaining strip 254 if the retaining strip 254 is present when the first component 268 of the retaining strip 254 is connected to the single integral piece the surface area of the single integral piece which remains available for the first component 300 is still larger than the surface area of the first component 300 of the first top wall 224 in fig2 for example stitching 314 along the first top wall 224 is along the boundary of the surface area for the first component 300 and surface area of the single integral piece between the first top wall 224 and the retaining strip 254 remains available fig7 shows the pfd sleeve 210 positioned in its preferred placement on a user 39 s leg for a right handed user while fig8 shows the preferred placement for a left handed user the retaining strip 254 extends over the handle 234 attached to the cord 232 thereby securing these items against the pfd sleeve 210 and preventing unwanted deployment of the pfd 212 when the user encounters an emergency situation and needs to deploy the pfd 212 the user disconnects the retaining strip 254 from its second attachment point 264 to the compartment 214 and pulls the handle 234 to inflate.