Scuba gear with combined flotation and transport device

Details Scuba gear with combined flotation and transport device Scuba gear with combined flotation and transport device

1984-10-24

1987-02-24

Basinger, Sherman D.

Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices

Rafts

Inflatable

441 92, 441 96, 441106, 405186, B63C 902

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046454659

ABSTRACT:
Scuba gear is disclosed for use by divers and the like for carrying a compressed air tank to provide an underwater source of oxygen, a backpack being adapted for securing the tank to the diver and including quick release components for permitting the diver to rapidly free himself of the tank, an inflatable transport raft being secured to the tank and held in compact and gathered form by releasable fasteners in order to permit the raft to open in response to internal inflation pressure, the backpack being adapted for connection to the diver's upper torso together with a separate vest type buoyancy compensator, the backpack being adapted to permit inflation of the buoyancy compensator if desired and also permitting separation of the tank with the buoyancy compensator remaining in place on the diver, the transport raft providing flotation for the tank when the tank is freed from the diver, the raft also providing transport for the diver on the surface of the water.

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