Patent ID: 6827083
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
A snorkel comprising a mouthpiece section lying under water and adapted to be held in a swimmer's mouth, an open end section, through which both an inspired air and an exhaled air freely flow, a tubular section extending upward in a vertical direction from said open end section, and a hollow connector section interposed between said mouthpiece section and said tubular section and provided with a check valve allowing exhaled air to be exhausted, said snorkel being characterized in that:said connector section is made of thermoplastic material and comprises first and second halves bulging outwardly of said snorkel, said first and second halves are pressed against each other along respective peripheral edges thereof opposed to each other and covered with a belt-shaped member made of thermoplastic material separately of said first and second halves, wherein said belt-shaped member extends along said peripheral edges and welded to said respective peripheral edges from an outside of said connector section.