Inflatable boat

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1976-04-08

1977-06-28

Blix, Trygve M.

9 14, B63B 708

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040315800

ABSTRACT:
A deck portion of an inflatable boat has, when inflated, a plurality of alternating external bulges and grooves extending substantially longitudinally of the boat and diverging at the front part of the deck portion in the rearward direction of the boat so as to be spaced the greatest transverse distance at an access opening in which a user of the boat sits to thereby laterally divert water splashing on the deck during travel of the boat. A rigid seat shell is received in the opening and supported in the deck and hull portions of the boat. A collar surrounds the access opening and has a sealing portion which sealingly contacts a portion of the seat shell to prevent seepage of water between the collar and the seat shell. The seat shell may be used as a container for accommodating the deflated and folded boat. The seat may be equipped with a carrying belt so that it can be transported on the back of the user. The front part of the deck portion may be provided with cutouts at the regions at which the knees of the user are located during use of the boat, which cutouts are sealingly closed by outwardly bulging members.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2803837 (1957-08-01), Virobik
patent: 2873459 (1959-02-01), Marz
patent: 3497887 (1970-03-01), Bureau, Jr.
Popular Mechanics, vol. 107, No. 3, Mar. 1957, p. 123.

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