US 12,304,601 B2
Buoyancy control device for scuba diving
Carlos Alberto Godoy, Genoa (IT)
Assigned to CRESSI-SUB S.P.A., Genoa (IT)
Filed by CRESSI-SUB S.P.A., Genoa (IT)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,212.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000028802 (IT), filed on Nov. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0150628 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. B63C 11/22 (2006.01); B63C 11/30 (2006.01)
CPC B63C 11/30 (2013.01) [B63C 2011/303 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A buoyancy control device for scuba diving comprising:
an air bladder having a through opening,
a harness comprising:
at least two shoulder straps,
an abdominal strap made up of two abdominal half-straps, and
connecting straps independent from the shoulder straps and the abdominal strap,
a rigid backrest positioned through said through opening and comprising:
first slots engaged by said abdominal half-straps,
second slots engaged by at least one retaining strap retaining at least one air cylinder,
one or more third slots engaged by said two shoulder straps,
one or more fourth slots engaged by said connecting straps connecting said backrest directly to said air bladder, said one or more fourth slots being slots passing through the thickness of said rigid backrest, and
wherein at least one of said connecting straps has a first terminal end with a double lip engaged in the corresponding fourth slot and a second terminal end fixed to the air bladder, said first terminal end facing a front side of the rigid backrest and said second terminal end facing a rear side of said backrest.