Patent ID: 6565103
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: B62B,B63C

Abstract:
A scuba tank caddy, comprising:(a) a tank-holder for holding at least one tank, each of the at least one tank having a top and a bottom, the tank-holder having a floor for supporting the at least one tank-bottom, and the tank-holder having a full-span of at least one integer number of at least one tank diameter and a mid-span located at one-half of the tank-holder full-span; (b) an axle having two ends, the axle being rotatably mounted to the tank-holder; (c) two wheels for rolling the caddy on the ground, each wheel of the two wheels being rotatably mounted to each of the two axle ends by a connecting means selected from a group of connecting means consisting of a fastening means and a retracting means; (d) a handle assembly having a handle stem and a handlebar, the handle stem having a top and a bottom, the handlebar having two ends, the handlebar having a full-span and a mid-span located at one-half of the handlebar full-span, and the handle stem top being mounted by a fastening means to the handlebar at the handlebar mid-span; (e) an elongated tank-holder stem oriented normally to the tank-holder floor, the elongated tank-holder stem having a top, a bottom, a rear-side, and a pull, the elongated tank-holder stem bottom being mounted by a fastening means to the tank-holder at the tank-holder mid-span, the pull being perpendicularly mounted by a fastening means on the rear-side of the elongated tank-holder stem at the elongated tank-holder stem top, and the handle stem bottom being coaxially and collapsibly mounted, by a collapsing means, to the elongated tank-holder stem top; (f) a restraining means for restraining the tank-top, the restraining means being mounted, by a fastening means, to the elongated tank-holder stem near the elongated tank-holder stem top, and thereby producing the scuba tank caddy; wherein the elongated tank-holder stem has a hollow cross-section having a set of inner dimensions, wherein the handle stem has a cross-section having a set of outer dimensions, wherein the elongated tank-holder stem hollow cross-section set of inner-dimensions is larger than the handle stem cross-section set of outer dimensions, wherein the collapsing means comprises the handle stem being telescopic from within the elongated tank-holder stem, and wherein the handle stem is positioned within the elongated tank-holder stem by a locking means; (g) a reservoir for storing and self-heating a volume of freshwater, the reservoir being formed from at least one material selected from a group of materials consisting of a moldable material, a moldable black material, and a coat-able black material, the reservoir having a top and a bottom, the reservoir bottom being mounted by a connecting means and in fluid communication with the elongated tank-holder stem bottom, the reservoir top being mounted by a connecting means and in fluid communication with the tank-top, and wherein the connecting means is selected from a group of connecting means consisting of a fastening means and a disconnecting means; and (h) at least one shower head being mounted by a connecting means to at least one of the two handlebar ends, wherein the connecting means is selected from a group of connecting means consisting of a fastening means and a disconnecting means.