Telescope the forward foil with the outer piece larger than the solid inside main (no hinges).
Use open "C" composite brackets for side leg entry made of composite material for side entry and snug clamping rather than the loops.
Telescope the centerpiece to collapse the length.
All collapse-able parts secure with a 4" flat locking pressure type bar for use with gloved hands.
The footprint would be reduced by about 1/3. The guy or gal who designed this unit should be well commended for achievement (including monitary) Great Work !! The Great Seals of our military deserve the best, since they are the best. I can supply rough drawings if needed. Military.com has my profile for contact. DWThoms-- former USMC-Seabee & DOD/DA
That's a shameless rip-off of a 40 years old invention called Aqueon. DEKRA was paid for this rip-off almost $3 millions from US taxpayers' pockets. For all that money, they did nothing else than doing the exactly same device with modern materials (carbon fiber) instead of wood used in Aqueon. Read more about the rip-off in this thread: Aqueon @ DeeperBlue.net , or look up Aqueon here: aqueon @ APNEA.cz.
Aqueon was patented in seventies, and although the patent already expired, DEKRA did not even have the decency of giving the credit to the original inventor. They consulted him several time when "developing" their device, but never paid him anything, and do not mention Aqueon anywhere in their documents.
Some freedivers who used Aqueon since decades and were great fans of it sent requests for investigation of the evident abuse of the funding to congressmen and the corresponding committee, but so far we did not here back from them. If you want to join, you will find names, addresses, and more information at the end of the above linked thread in the forum of DeeperBlue.net
^^^^^^^ So write a letter to your congressman^^^^^
This is a great move...I just wish inovations such as this weren't made to be public knowledge. Now the targets can expect our forces to be there 150% sooner
"PowerSwim" would not be useful to SEALs. My swim buddy and I were the fastest swimmers in our West Coast Class #68. Had we tried using this contraption, we would have tangled in all manner of eel grass and kelp, not to mention working around ships and pilings. Long distant swims on closed circuit, can be done with Swimmer Delivery Vehicles, sleds, and motorized "scooters." Once within the operations area of riverine environs or harbors, the good old fins are the propulsion of choice. This contraption looks and sounds problematic in the sometimes confined quarters of submerged operations. Good luck in your marketing. sealsrest
The Great Seals of our military deserve the best, since they are the best. I can supply rough drawings if needed. Military.com has my profile for contact. DWThoms-- former USMC-Seabee & DOD/DA
So write a letter to your congressman^^^^^
