ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,601, issued on May 20, was assigned to CRESSI-SUB S.P.A. (Genoa, Italy).

"Buoyancy control device for scuba diving" was invented by Carlos Alberto Godoy (Genoa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The buoyancy control device for scuba diving comprises an air bladder, a harness comprising at least two shoulder straps and an abdominal strap made up of two abdominal half-straps, a backrest provided with first slots engaged by the abdominal half-straps, second slots engaged by at least one retaining strap for retaining at least one air cylinder, one or more third slots engaged by the two shoulder straps, and one or more fourth slots eng...