ACTIVE CONTROL RELEASABLE BALLAST SYSTEM FOR USE WITH DIVE EQUIPMENT - Patent 1404571

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EP 1 404 571 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	07.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/15

(21)	Application number: 01955992.1

(22)	Date of filing: 27.07.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B63C 11/02, B63C 11/00, B63C 9/08

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2001/023638

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2002/010012 (07.02.2002 Gazette 2002/06)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

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Priority:

31.07.2000 US 628836
05.12.2000 US 730116
26.07.2001 US 916414

(71)	Applicant: Carmichael, Robert M.
	Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Carmichael, Robert M. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hutchinson, Glenn Stanley
	Harrison Goddard Foote,Fountain PrecinctBalm Green Sheffield S1 2JA Sheffield S1 2JA (GB)

(54)	ACTIVE CONTROL RELEASABLE BALLAST SYSTEM FOR USE WITH DIVE EQUIPMENT