Free diving weight belts with accessory attachments
OwnerPhillip Koinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a free diving weight belt including a belt with a buckle that supports attaching a variety of accessories and/or a knob-back screw fastener that can be used to reconfiguring the belt. It permits attaching a variety of screw-on attachments, including but not limited to clips, knives, snorkels, weights, D-rings, weight keepers, and knife holders. It also provides the knob-back screw fasteners to secure excess belt extending beyond the buckle and/or hassle-free attachment of accessories.
Claims13
A free diving weight belt for attaching accessories, comprising:
- a belt with a plurality of holes to buckle the belt in a loop around a diver's waist and attach one or more accessories;
- one or more accessories, wherein each accessory includes a threaded post that extends from the accessory into a hole on the front side of the belt;
- a back screw with complementary threads in the hole on the back side of the belt and aligned to rotationally engage the threaded post to secure the accessory to the belt;
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- a knob-back screw fastener including a knob and back screw secured in a hole in the belt, wherein the knob is a spool shaped cylinder with a bottom rim and a top rim that have larger diameters than the cylindrical portion in between.
A knob-back screw fastener for a diving weight belt, comprising:
- a knob and back screw secured in a hole in the belt, wherein the knob includes threads aligned to rotationally engage threads of the back screw, wherein the knob is visible on the outside of the belt and the back screw is visible on the inside of the belt, wherein the knob is a spool shaped cylinder with a bottom rim and a top rim that have larger diameters than the cylindrical portion in between.
A free diving weight belt, comprising:
- a belt with a plurality of holes to buckle the belt in a loop around a diver's waist;
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- a knob-back screw fastener including a knob and back screw secured in a hole in the belt, wherein the back screw includes complementary threads in the hole on the back side of the belt and aligned to rotationally engage the knob, and wherein the knob is a spool shaped cylinder with a bottom rim and a top rim that have larger diameters than the cylindrical portion in between and wherein the knob-back screw fastener secures the excess end of the belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.