Diving suit

• US 3,329,967 A
• Filed: 03/31/1965
• Issued: 07/11/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Charles S. Opalek, Henry J. Martinez
• Original Assignee: Charles S. Opalek, Henry J. Martinez
• Inventors: Martinez, Henry J., Opalek, Charles S.
• Application Number:
  US04/444,115
• Time in Patent Office: 832 Days
• US Class Current: 2/2.15
• CPC Class Codes: B63C 11/10 Rigid suits

Claims

1. DIVING DRESS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A RIGID UPPER TORSO SECTION HAVING FLEXIBLE ARM ASSEMBLIES CONNECTED THERETO;

A RIGID LOWER TORSO SECTION HAVING FLEXIBLE LEG ASSEMBLIES CONNECTED THERETO;

AND A FLEXIBLE MID-RIFF TORSO SECTION CONNECTING SAID UPPER AND LOWER RIGID TORSO SECTIONS, SAID FLEXIBLE LEG AND ARM ASSEMBLIES AND SAID FLEXIBLE MID-RIFF SECTION EACH COMPRISING AT LEAST A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY COAXIALLY ALIGNED RIGID JOINT RINGS AND, SEPARATED THEREBY, A FLEXIBLE LIQUID-FILLED SEALING RING, ONE RING OF SAID PAIR HAVING AN ANNULAR SEALING GROOVE FORMED THEREIN IN WHICH SAID SEALING RING IS SEATED, SAID GROOVE HAVING SIDE WALLS AND A BASE, AND THE OTHER RING OF SAID PAIR HAVING AN ANNULAR SEALING TONGUE, SAID TONGUE HAVING SIDE WALLS AND A FREE END AND EXTENDING INTO SAID GROOVES FOR AN OVERLAP DISTANCE SUCH THAT THE FREE END OF SAID TONGUE