Patent ID: 7540690

Claim:
A buoyancy compensator device comprising: a back portion and a pair of lateral arms; each of said arms comprising an upper panel and a lower panel, said upper and lower panels joined to form an enclosure, said enclosure capable of retaining a quantity of air: the upper panel having a first aperture communicating the exterior to the interior of said enclosure, a pouch situated in a first position in the interior of said enclosure, said pouch having an aperture, said first aperture of said upper panel and said aperture of said pouch being sealably affixed about their respective peripheries, a first strap having one end at the exterior of said enclosure, said first strap extending through said first aperture into said pouch, said strap having a portion affixed to a distal end in said pouch, a second strap in said enclosure having a portion affixed to the distal end of said pouch and another portion affixed to an inner surface of one of said upper or lower panels of said enclosure.