ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,949, issued on Feb. 3.
"Free diving weight belts with accessory attachments" was invented by Phillip Ko (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 atta...