Patent ID: 6592298
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
A buoyancy compensator for scuba divers, comprising an air-tight inflatable vest (1), an inflation system (3, 21) which can be operated to set said inflatable vest (1) in communication with a source of compressed air, a discharge system including at least one discharge valve (5) which can be operated to set said vest (1) in connection with the external environment, manual control means for operating said inflation system and manual control means for operating said discharge system carried by a support body so as to define a single control assembly (20) provided at an easily accessible front-side region of said vest (1), wherein said manual control means for operating said discharge system (5) comprise a mechanical remote cable control (11, 12, 26), wherein:said support body (19) of said single control assembly (20) is substantially rigidly secured in a sealed fashion to said vest (1) at a fixing site (42, 43) and is arranged to directly supply into the vest (1), through said fixing site (42, 43) itself, the compressed air delivered by said source; said cable (11) is inextensible and is slidable within a compression-resistant flexible sheath (12) whose ends (13, 32) are backed onto said discharge valve (5) and said support body (19) of said single control assembly (20), respectively.