Patent ID: 7125201
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
1. A scuba diver weight carrying backpack comprising a packboard having an upper end thereof formed for shoulder strap attachment thereto and a lower end thereof formed for waist belt/shoulder strap attachment thereto, said packboard providing a weight mount surface for positioning variable numbers of weights to reside thereon when gravity acts to hold the weights on said board, a top cover detachably securable to said packboard and enclosing in spaced relation weights mounted on said packboard, said cover being open at the upper and lower ends thereof to allow weights mounted on said packboard to be extracted from said upper end thereof and to slide downward and off said lower end thereof under the force of gravity when said packboard is oriented vertically, an upper end cover plate detachably securable to said top cover at said upper end thereof, a multiple of parallel control rods extending through said upper end cover plate and engaged therewith, said rods formed for mounting weights thereon which can slide therealong if unrestrained, said rods being provided with means for selectively engaging said weights, a quick release mechanism for said weights comprising a pair of removable two or locking pins projecting laterally through said top cover,