U.S. Divers Company, Inc.

Leon A Cerniway

Bruce C Marx

Donald W Entrikin

The following specification discloses a conformable elastomeric diving suit, known in the art as a wet suit. The suit includes conduits for delivering heated fluid, preferably water, to the diver at different portions along the diver's body by means of a conduit that has been formed as an elongated hollow member that can be stitched or adhered into the suit's seams. The conduits have openings that relate to those portions of the body to which hot water is to be delivered between the diver's skin and the interior of the wet suit. The conduits are extruded or made from plastic or elastomeric material that is stitched or adhered to seams within the wet wuit material, so as to provide one continuous seam or joining member in the seam, which serves to provide the hot water flow to the diver for heating purposes.

Diving suit

Mouthpiece block for underwater breathing apparatus

Diving helmet

A buoyancy compensator having a combined capability. The combination is in part provided by a pressure relief valve having a spring loaded valve plate for closing off the interior of the buoyancy compensator. The buoyancy compensator has a hand actuated inflation apparatus which receives a tube connected at its other end to a source of gas under pressure such as a first stage regulator. The tube or hose is inserted in the apparatus and is partially valved by a Shrader type valve configuration in an end fitting thereof. The vest is provided with a plug and fitting wherein the inflation apparatus can be utilized optionally by subsequent implacement or retrofitting the vest with the inflation apparatus. The buoyancy compensator vest also incorporates an oral inflator which utilizes a plunger operated valve for filling the vest. In cases of emergency, a charged bottle of gas can be punctured to fill the vest to allow a diver to rise rapidly to the surface. The entire vest is made of an outer textile material which serves to prevent the expansion of a non-adhered free bladder beyond a fixed point therein. The vest and combination are attached to the body by straps around the waist, over the back, or through the legs.

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Mission Viejo, CA, United States of America

Leon A Cerniway