In 1973, Mike Carson founded and became the president of the
Dive Tech Corporation along with his then partner Mike Boytano.
They designed and developed the Model 2500 helium gas recovery
system with input from Tracy Robinette, Steve Reimers, and Don
Rodocker. This revolutionary unit was sold to the Canadian Gov-
ernment. The next unit was sold to the United States Navy Exper-
imental Diving Unit in Panama City Florida.

Before then, Carson designed and manufactured diving equipment
for the film and TV industries as far back as the last days of "Sea Hunt"
working along with producer director Mike Dugan and camera man
Lamar Borne into the 1970's.

In the late 1950's, Carson was one of the youngest hard hat divers
in the Los Angeles harbor. In 1958 he worked with the commercial
diver Al Hansen, wrapping the first pilings in Los Angeles harbor
at the Mattson Dock. Carson and Al's son John designed a fiber-
glass mask that only sold a small number, but did set things rolling
for Carson. He went on to design and build diving compressors,
custom under water camera housings, and com boxes.

In 1970 Carson came out with the Mark 3 Air Hat, a fiberglass hel-
met and also a fiberglass Mask; the MK - 2, and a one diver com box.
These products sold under the name of Divetech, and later, in the 
1970's sold as Carson Dive Systems.

In 1976, Carson took some drawings and sketches of his new helmet
he called the Com Hat to U.S. Divers Company. US Divers and Carson
made a deal. The helmet was called the Com Hat I which was never
completed fully by Carson. Carson completed about 80% of the helmet,
which was changed and completed by someone else. Some time later
Carson was called back to U.S. Divers to design the Com Hat II. Again
someone else finished the lower part of the helmet which became a
direct knock off of the SuperLite-17 helmet. These events led to legal 
entanglements. Carson survived the experience with a clean record but
eventually, by his own choice, left the diving industry for a while.

Carson Dive Systems is back in business developing a line of products
which will be on the market soon. Mike still dives from time to time
only if the pay is right.