Patent ID: 6592417
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
A diving jacket comprising:a jacket adapted to be inflated with air for buoyancy regulation; a back-plate mounted on an inner surface of said jacket's back so as to extend in vertical direction of said jacket so that a cylinder for supply of said air is fixed thereto: a pair of length-adjustable shoulder belts extending downward from respective shoulder regions of said jacket; a length-adjustable waist belt extending in a circumferential direction of said jacket; said waist belt comprising a pair of belt members extending from both sides of waist of the wearer of said diving jacket in the circumferential direction, each of said belt members having a circumferentially front end region detachably connected to the other belt member and a rear end region opposed to said front end region wherein said rear end region is fixed to said back-plate by means of a connector plate made of material harder than that of said belt member and disposed between said rear end region and said back-plate; and each of said shoulder belts having a lower end region thereof fixed to said connector plate which is provided at least partially in said circumferential direction with a particularly high flexibility entirely in its vertical direction, wherein said connector plate is divided in said circumferential direction of said jacket into a front section and a rear section being connected to each other by means of a non-stretchable sheet so that said connector plate is bent in- or outward in said circumferential direction.