Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Inflatable
Patent
1997-05-02
1998-10-13
Swinehart, Ed. L.
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Inflatable
114353, B63B 708
Patent
active
058196820
ABSTRACT:
Assembly of elements forming a mixed-hull inflatable boat which can be converted into a closed box for its storage/transport, including: an elongated rigid shell (1) with a profiled extremity (2) and the other extremity closed off by a transversal bulkhead (6); an inflatable tube (7) solidly attached to the shell (1) at least along its lateral edges; and a rigid panel (9) the peripheral contour of which follows that of the peripheral edge of the shell (1) and can be fixed in a removable fashion to it; thanks to which the assembly of elements can be configured for transport/storage with the tube (7) deflated and folded away in the shell (1) and the rigid panel (9) mounted on and locked to the shell to close it and form a closed box; and a navigation configuration with the panel (9) separated from the shell (1) and the inflatable body (7) inflated under pressure forming, together with the shell (1) forming a rigid hull, a mixed-hull boat.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4597355 (1986-07-01), Kirby
patent: 4811682 (1989-03-01), Hwang et al.
patent: 5584260 (1996-12-01), Hemphill
Swinehart Ed. L.
Zodiac International
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