Quick release weight

i would use it, two pounders

either 1.5 or 2...it is nice to have one in the yak for the ability to adjust the belt if you need.

I imagine all the days I switch from full suit to shorty or shorty to rashguard and get the weight wrong, this is a nice solution.

I have a question..

How long has this type of weight been around?

I ask because I constructed similar style weights from old lead plates from a exercise weight vest sometime late last year and I haven't shared it with anyone..

When I thought it up and made it I felt a lil proud of my cheap ass engineering abilities! :rolleyes1:

Just wanna know who designed it when and if I'm infringing..:confused1: (Thought I was original :()

Thanks
~Frank

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I have a question..

How long has this type of weight been around?

I ask because I constructed similar style weights from old lead plates from a exercise weight vest sometime late last year and I haven't shared it with anyone..

When I thought it up and made it I felt a lil proud of my cheap ass engineering abilities! :rolleyes1:

Just wanna know who designed it when and if I'm infringing..:confused1: (Thought I was original :()

Thanks
~Frank

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At least 25 years, Big Jim Christenson sold them through a company called In Depth. I don't know the first
designer though or have forgot.
Cheers, Don Paul

Wow...! 25+ years. Yeah.. I'm a newbie.

Thanks for the info.

~Frank

I've been using these weights for last 5-6yrs. Works great.

Roughly 1 & 1.5#.

I use the 1.5 ones more often since it's quicker to make changes.

Some guys on the west coast here just started remaking them and selling them through neptonics and other dive shops. I personally wouldnt make an entire belt out of them, but the are great for what they are designed for especially in so-cal...

You can pull up to a shallow spot for seabass or halibut etc. throw on a bar or two to set your negativity higher and then if you dive YT or deeper water later you can simply just pop one or two off instead of having to re-thread your belt.

Regarding weights, I use and love the newer version of tinmans pinch weights and these fit in nicely with those.

frank, dont feel bad....innovation is a cycle...there aint nothing new under the sun...be proud of anything you invent...even if you arent the first to invent it

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frank, dont feel bad....innovation is a cycle...there aint nothing new under the sun...be proud of anything you invent...even if you arent the first to invent it

I have something very new and well developed that is not ''prior art'' ....now where are the patent attorneys on the board ?
Just PM me...:D

Cheers, Don Paul