Patent ID: 7104729

Claim:
A buoyancy compensator jacket comprising a back portion and two side portions extending from respective opposite sides of the back portion, the side portions being suitable for wrapping a diver's trunk and connection to one another on the diver's chest, each of the side portions having a main pocket, a weight pocket arranged on an outside surface of the main pocket with a top opening for housing a weight-containing bag, and a closure element for the top opening, the jacket further comprising a compartment formed in the main pocket for concealing the closure element, and an engagement element on an outside surface of the weight pocket, each of the closure element and the weight-containing bag having a complementary engagement element, whereby the engagement element of the weight pocket is either engageable with a complementary engagement element of the closure element, or with a complementary engagement element of the closure element associated with the weight-containing bag so as to keep the weight-containing bag in position within the weight pocket.