Vest

Claim 1

A DIVING VEST FOR USE IN SKIN DIVING, COMPRISING A JACKET, A POUCH SECURED TO THE REAR OF SAID JACKET FOR SUPPORTING AN AIR LUNG THEREIN, MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE VERTICAL POSITION OF AN AIR LUNG POSITIONED WITHIN SAID POUCH COMPRISING A FIRST STRAP EXTENDING ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE POUCH AND HAVING A WIDE PORTION IMMEDIATELY BENEATH THE POUCH, MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF SAID FIRST STRAP, A SECOND STRAP EXTENDING ACROSS THE TOP OF THE POUCH AND HAVING AN ELONGATED SLOT THERETHROUGH FOR RECEIVING THE VALVE OF THE AIR LUNG, MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF SAID SECOND STRAP, INVERTED POCKETS INCLUDING CLOSING FLAPS AND QUICK OPENING FASTENING MEANS SECURED TO THE FRONT OF SAID JACKET FOR SUPPORTING DIVING WEIGHTS, THIRD AND FOURTH STRAPS EXTENDING VERTICALLY OVER AND SECURED TO THE FRONT OF THE JACKET EACH HAVING ONE END SECURED TO THE WEIGHT POCKETS AND PASSING OVER ONE OF THE SHOULDERS OF THE JACKET, THE OTHER ENDS OF THE THIRD AND FOURTH STRAPS BEING SECURED TO THE TOP OF THE POUCH, A FIFTH STRAP SECURED TO THE JACKET AROUND THE WAIST THEREOF AND A SIXTH STRAP SECURED TO THE LOWER PORTION OF THE BACK OF THE JACKET FOR EXTENDING BETWEEN THE LEGS OF A DIVER AND RELEASABLY ENGAGING THE FIFTH STRAP SO THAT THE JACKET IS COMFORTABLY SECURED TOI A DIVER AND MAY BE QUICKLY REMOVED FROM A DIVER SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.