A UTILITY BELT INCORPORATING A GAS STORAGE VESSEL

摘要

A utility belt includes a gas storage vessel for providing a portable and ambulatory supply of oxygen for the person wearing the belt or a person being attended to by the person wearing the belt. In particular, the utility belt provides a portable supply of pressurized gas while it is suspended from the body of a user, with a plurality of item holders, such as implement holsters and utility pouches, suspended from the utility belt. The supply of pressurized gas is provided by a gas storage vessel carried on the utility belt. The gas storage vessel is formed from a plurality of polymeric hollow chamber having either an ellipsoidal or spherical shape and interconnected by a plurality of relatively narrow conduit sections disposed between consecutive ones of the chambers. The gas storage vessel includes a reinforcing filament wrapped around the interconnected chambers and interconnecting conduit sections to limit radial expansion of the chambers and conduit sections when filled with a fluid under pressure. The container system further includes an outlet valve/regulator attached to the gas storage vessel for controlling fluid flow into and out of the gas storage vessel and a gas delivery system for delivering gas from the gas storage vessel to a user in a breathable manner.