| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D371841 |
Diver's mask with offset purge cover |
July 16, 1996 |
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| 5860769 |
Combination buoyancy compensator and support for a diver's backpack with a swivel buckle and tri |
January 19, 1999 |
| A buoyancy compensator and support vest, harness or spider for supporting a diver's backpack, includes a pivoting fastener secured to the shoulder straps. A polyangular or triangular holder further distributes the weight of a load between the waist, back and shoulders of a user. A strap |
| 5803667 |
Combination spider and buoyancy compensator, with insertable weights |
September 8, 1998 |
| A combination spider and buoyancy compensator having an insertable weight system. The spider includes an insertable weight system disposed preferably within at least one side opening pocket attached to a waistband portion. The side opening pocket can be formed of a piece of material |
| 5662433 |
Body conforming vest, buoyancy compensator, and backpack |
September 2, 1997 |
| A combination spider and buoyancy compensator having chest portions which include stretchable material to support the breasts of a diver. The buoyancy compensator is secured to the back of a spider and has forward extensions which overlap and are loosely tethered to waistband portions of |
| 5641247 |
Combination spider and buoyancy compensator with insertable weights |
June 24, 1997 |
| A combination spider and buoyancy compensator having an insertable weight system. The spider includes an insertable weight system disposed preferably within at least one side opening pocket attached to a waistband portion. The side opening pocket can be formed of a piece of material |
| 5608920 |
Diver's face mask with offset purge valve |
March 11, 1997 |
| A diver's face mask having a centrally offset purge valve which is easily purged by tilting the mask toward the purge valve to accumulate any water within the mask and exhaling through the nose. |
| 5567084 |
Buoyancy compensator with a traction pressure pad |
October 22, 1996 |
| The invention provides a novel backpack for use with a vest and buoyancy compensator combination. The backpack has a recess in which is disposed a novel traction pad. The traction pad is formed of a thin pad of resilient material capable of compression when a breathing gas tank is tightl |
| 5451121 |
Combination buoyancy compensator, spider, and backpack with securement and suspension system |
September 19, 1995 |
| A combination unit of a buoyancy compensator, backpack, and spider having adjustable combination strap means forming a combination shoulder strap and belt strap means with releasable strap retaining means. A backpack for support of a gas cylinder is attached to the back of the spider. Th |
| 5385496 |
Buoyancy compensator with lateral expansion and method therefor |
January 31, 1995 |
| A buoyancy compensator for a diver having an inflatable bladder characterized by minimal lateral deformation when inflated is formed of a two piece gusset of double-sided heat sealable material disposed between a forward and a rearward single-sided heat sealable member. A method for |
| 5379520 |
Tool/sheath locking assembly |
January 10, 1995 |
| A knife/sheath locking assembly for locking a knife on either side from accidental disengagement from within a sheath. The sheath, molded as a single unit, includes a lever angled to engage a band circumventing the knife handle proximal to the blade. The knife may only be removed from th |
| 5311833 |
Weight release system |
May 17, 1994 |
| A weight release system for selectively releasing a weight from a body. The system includes a retaining member pivotally attached to the body. The retaining member is also releasably engaged to the body distal the pivotal attachment so as to retain and secure a weight relative to the bod |
| 5085163 |
Weight release system |
February 4, 1992 |
| A weight release system for selectively releasing a weight from a body. The system includes a retaining member pivotally attached to the body. The retaining member is also releasably engaged to the body distal the pivotal attachment so as to retain and secure a weight relative to the bod |
