Patent ID: 6857820
Filing Date: 2005-02-22
Classification: B63C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A back plate for use in SCUBA applications, comprising: a. an angled sheet with a top portion, a bottom portion, an outside periphery portion, said outside periphery portion having both a left side portion and a right side portion, said outside periphery portion also having an opposing top right corner and top left corner as well as an opposing bottom right corner and bottom left corner, said sheet having a central and generally planar portion with adjacent and opposing first and second side portions, said adjacent first side portion being generally planar and an adjacent second side portion being generally planar, and both said first side and said second side meeting said central portion of said angled sheet in a non-parallel and converse orientation with congruent first angles to form a flat-bottomed “V” shape, said angled sheet also having and a third side planar portion meeting said first side portion and a fourth side planar portion meeting said second side portion, said third side and said fourth side portions angled in non-parallel converse orientations with congruent second angles to form a faceted general “V” shape; b. a plurality of pairs of horizontal strap attachments positioned closer to said top portion of said sheet than said bottom portion of said sheet, said pairs of strap attachments residing in columns on said third side and said fourth side and designed so that a first member of each said pair of horizontal strap attachments resides on said third side in a column and a second member of said pair of horizontal strap attachments resides on said fourth side in a column; c. a plurality of pairs of strap attachments aligned generally linear and generally vertical along said left side portion and said right side portion, designed so that a first member of each said pair of vertical and linear strap attachments resides on said third side and a second member of said pair of vertical and linear strap attachments resides on said fourth side; d. a plurality of pairs of cylinder strap attachments positioned linearly and vertically along said first side portion and said second side portion and designed so that one member of each said pair of vertical and linear cylinder strap throughslots resides on said first side portion and the second member of said pair of vertical and linear cylinder strap throughslots resides on said second side portion; e. a plurality of dual cylinder attachments positioned linearly along said central portion of said sheet; f. a plurality of pairs of diagonal shoulder and waist strap attachments, each of said diagonal attachments with an inside edge portion and an outside edge portion and designed such that said inside edge portion of each of said diagonal attachment is oriented closest to said central portion of said sheet and said outside edge portion of said diagonal attachment is oriented closest to said outside portion of said sheet, said shoulder strap attachments designed to reside near said top right and said top left corners on said third side and said fourth side, respectively, said diagonal shoulder strap attachments further designed so that a first member of each pair of diagonal shoulder strap attachments resides on said third side and a second member of said pair of diagonal shoulder strap attachments resides on said fourth side, said diagonal waist strap attachments designed to reside near said bottom right and said bottom left corners on said third side and said fourth sides, respectively, and further designed so that a first member of each pair of diagonal waist strap attachments resides on said third side and a second member of said pair of diagonal waist strap attachments resides on said fourth side; g. a pair of horizontal shoulder strap attachments, parallel to said top edge portion, designed to reside parallel and close to said top outside periphery portion on said third side and said fourth side and further designed such that a first member of said pair of said horizontal shoulder strap attachments resides on said third side and a second member of said pair of horizontal shoulder strap attachments resides on said fourth side; h. a pair of vertical waist strap attachments, designed to reside parallel to said left and right outside periphery portions and close to said bottom corner portions on said third side and said fourth side, said vertical waist strap attachments further designed so that a first member of said pair of vertical waist strap attachments resides on said third side and a second member of said pair of vertical waist strap attachments resides on said fourth side; i. a plurality of strap attachments oriented parallel to said periphery portion of said sheet on said third side, said forth side and said central portion.