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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Seishiro Urabe, Tokyo, JP;
Haruo Kawashima, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kawana, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Tabata Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 1/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 1/102 ;
Abstract
A buoyancy compensating jacket is provided on a waist portion with a pocket having a first flap, a pouch having a flat cord adapted to be inserted into and taken out from the pocket with a weight packed into the pouch. As a guide means for the flat cord, at least one of a substantially C-shaped guide ring provided at a distal end of the first flap substantially in the vertically middle and a groove formed on an outer surface of the pocket and/or an inner surface of the first flap substantially in the vertically middle.