Deployable flotation device

Details Deployable flotation device Deployable flotation device

1988-03-24

1989-12-19

Basinger, Sherman D.

Ships

Building

Insubmergible vessels

B63C 902

Patent

active

048875414

ABSTRACT:
A deployable flotation device including buoyancy members tightly packed in a container mechanism in which the container is either permanently mounted within a watercraft or removably deployed for periodic recertification and receives inner and outer buoyancy members for providing positive buoyancy in a watercraft over a shelf life of up to five years. In a modification a single outer container may be used. A particular composition for the buoyancy member suitable for the marine environment is disclosed. Deployment may be manual, semi-automatic, or automatic depending on the requirements of particular watercraft.

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