Crazy Inventions: Scuba Diving Dog (US Patent 6,206,000)

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If you’re a dog lover AND a fanatic scuba diver, now there is a solution for combining your two interests, courtesy of Dwane L. Folsom, inventor of the Canine Scuba Diving Apparatus.

Specifically tailored for Shadow, the under water diving dog at Seaworld, FL, this apparatus could easily be used by Lassie, Clifford or Scooby.

Garfield, eat your heart out.

 

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The apparatus features a sci-fi looking harness, head globe and my personal favorite features:

a speaker and a microphone mounted inside the helmet;
an electrical connection from the speaker and microphone to a water-proof connector exterior to the helmet for connection to an intercom system;

Oh, thank goodness there’s a mic! That way, if the dog starts experiencing problems with it’s scuba diving gear, it will be able to communicate exactly what the problem is and how the humans can fix it. Oh wait -- scratch that. That intercom system is for communicating instructions TO the animal, not FROM the animal.

I always thought that the safety of scuba diving is entirely predicated on training the user what to do in an emergency situation. How can a dog check its air levels? There is also a system of weights to compensate for the dog’s buoyancy. But how will the animal ensure it is descending at a proper rate?

Well, I’m no card-carrying member of PETA, but I’d love to hear some opinions on this wacky invention. What do you all think? Is this patent simply an instance of approved animal abuse or an instance of inventive genius?

See US Patent 6,206,000 Canine Scuba Diving Apparatus here.

July 7, 2010

Category: Crazy Inventions

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JohnnyB
07/07/2010 17:29:42

My opinion? It's neither abuse nor genius - just purely hilarious!

jakobin
07/26/2010 22:08:04

I always thought that the safety of scuba diving is entirely predicated on training the user what to do in an emergency situation. How can a dog check its air levels? There is also a system of weights to compensate for the dog’s buoyancy.

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