Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Inflatable
Patent
1996-02-20
1997-07-01
Basinger, Sherman
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Inflatable
B63B 708
Patent
active
056426852
ABSTRACT:
Inflatable small craft including at least one inflatable tube (1) forming two substantially parallel branches (2) meeting towards the front to form a stem (3), a bottom sheet (5) forming a V-shaped hull held taut by a longitudinal keel (6) which is interposed between a bottom (4) which is rigid in the transverse direction held along the two aforementioned branches (2) and the bottom sheet (5) which is connected to the tube (1) along the peripheral edges of the bottom (4). The craft additionally includes two auxiliary floats (7) running under the bottom (4) substantially parallel to the respective branches (2) while being offset towards the center with respect to these branches. The auxiliary floats extend close to the branches while being physically separate from them.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4545319 (1985-10-01), Ferronniere et al.
patent: 4640217 (1987-02-01), Ferronniere
patent: 4722292 (1988-02-01), Marino et al.
Basinger Sherman
Zodiac International
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