Flexible container for compressed gases

A flexible container for compressed gases to be worn on an individual's back comprising:

• a one piece continuous length of hose constructed of flexible material including a plurality of elongated expanded-diameter storage sections and a plurality of elongated, narrow-diameter sections, said expanded-diameter and narrow-diameter sections being alternately arranged along the length of said hose, said expanded-diameter storage sections having cross-sections that are substantially greater in diameter than the diameters in cross-section of said narrow-diameter sections, said expanded-diameter storage sections and said narrow-diameter storage sections being constructed as one continuous piece of flexible material to form said length of hose with an interior liner constructed of a continuous flexible material covered along the length thereof by one or more layers of braided fibers coated with, and impregnated in, a continuous flexible protective covering, said elongated, narrow-diameter sections being substantially more flexible than said elongated expanded-diameter storage sections because of their reduced diameters;
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• a carrier on which individual ones of said elongated expanded-diameter storage sections are mounted approximately parallel to one another with said flexible narrow-diameter sections being maintained in bent attitudes.