Scuba tank mounting brackets

Abstract

The invention comprises two aluminum brackets for the purpose of better assisting the SCUBA diver with mounting the SCUBA tank and accessories to the BCD (bouyancy compensating device) for SCUBA diving. The BCD is a harness the diver wears to carry the SCUBA tank and accessories that provides proper bouyancy in the water. One bracket is attached to the SCUBA tank. The second bracket is attached to the BCD. They are then interconnected by means of the triangle shaped male and female Dovetail design feature and locked in place with Detent pins. The two brackets stay attached individually to their respective articles, with exception for periods of maintenance. The invention reduces the divers' pre dive set up time and levels of stress ensuring a more secure and balanced dive

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       2 . An improved mounting bracket system for SCUBA tanks that is quicker, easier, more balanced, and secure comprising two individual brackets of different design of which said two brackets longer widths are the vertical plain with the narrow widths being the horizontal plain that interconnect to each other wherein one of the bracket is called the SCUBA tank bracket and the second is called the BCD (Bouyancy Compensating Device) bracket with the said first brackets' back side having a curved radius the full vertical length of the bracket with the front side of said first bracket having 3 Dovetail rails (a triangle shaped pattern) being equal in their horizontal width protruding out from the face of the front side of said first bracket in a lateral manner from its' vertical center having one rail, that is longer in its' vertical length than the other two rails of the said 3 rails, positioned in the middle center of said front side of the first bracket with its' middle center being of equal distance from the middle center of the front side of said front bracket in both vertical directions with the other two rails being of equal vertical lengths to each other positioned one each on the opposite ends of the said longer rail with each of the two shorter rails being separated from the ends of the said longer rail by a slot that is recessed below the face of the said front side of the first bracket across its' horizontal plain from leading edge to leading edge of the bracket designed for placing fastening agents against to facilitate the interconnecting of the said two brackets they being fixed in place by the design of the outer ends of the two shorter brackets facing the vertical plain leading edges of the front side of said first bracket front side with both said shorter brackets being separated from the said leading edges by an open area having a flush surface with no protrusions extending out from the surface of the front side of said first bracket allowing room for one Detent pin to be positioned across the horizontal plain of the said flush surface from leading edge to leading edge of the horizontal sides of the said front side of the first bracket which will secure the said two brackets together in a fixed position once the 3 Dovetail rails are interconnected with the female Dovetail slot located on the front side in the vertical center being open ended at both ends in the horizontal center of the front side of the said second bracket by aligning the matching pattern of the Dovetail rail and slot design at either end of the said two brackets respectively in a vertical fashion which will permit the rails of the said SCUBA tank bracket to slide into the female Dovetail slot of the said BCD bracket to be accomplished until both brackets are even with one another at their ends aligning the Detent pin holes located on both sides at both ends of said second bracket so as to allow the Detent pins to be inserted into the Detent pin holes at either end from either side of said second bracket through to the opposite side of said second bracket which will lock the two brackets together in a fixed position so they cannot be disconnected until such time as a Detent pin is removed from its' locking position.