Patent ID: 6749370
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
A buoyancy compensating jacket comprising:a back portion extending in a vertical direction; a pair of shoulder portions extending downward from transversely opposite sides of an upper portion of said back portion; a pair of waist portions extending forward in a waist-circumferential direction orthogonal to said vertical direction from transversely opposite sides of a lower end portion of said back portion and connected to said shoulder portions; said back portion being provided with means adapted to fix an air cylinder and said waist portion being provided with at least one pocket extending in said waist-circumferential direction and having an opening at a forward end thereof in said waist-circumferential direction and a pouch having a flat cord and being adapted to be inserted into and taken out from said pocket with a weight packed into said pouch; and said pocket comprising a first flap extending backward in said waist-circumferential direction, a pair of surface fasteners releasably engaged with each other and provided on an inner surface or said first flap and an outer surface of said pocket respectively and a guide means provided on at least one of said first flap and said pocket so as to enable said flat cord of said pouch inserted into said pocket to extend outward from said pocket substantially in a vertically middle area on said inner surface of said first flap.