Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Body supporting buoyant device
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-18
2001-07-10
Morano, S. Joseph (Department: 3612)
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Body supporting buoyant device
C114S345000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06257943
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of recreational vehicles, and more particularly to an inflatable recreational vehicle.
2. Description of Related Art
The prior art is replete with myriad and diverse inflatable recreational vehicles.
While all of the aforementioned prior art constructions are more than adequate for the basic purpose and function for which they have been specifically designed, they are uniformly deficient with respect to their failure to provide a simple, efficient, and practical inflatable vehicle that allows two passengers to be seated in spaced cockpits while facing each other.
As a consequence of the foregoing situation, there has existed a longstanding need for a new and improved inflatable vehicle, and the provision of such a construction is a stated objective of the present invention.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Briefly stated, the present invention provides an inflatable recreational vehicle including an inflatable body member and a pair of passenger cockpits defined by a pair of elongated fore-and-aft directed laterally spaced recesses disposed inwardly from the peripheral edge of the body member. A first inflatable backrest is disposed adjacent one of the cockpits between the cockpit and the rear of the body member. A second inflatable backrest is positioned next to the other of the cockpits between the cockpit and the front of the body member. The arrangement of the cockpits and the backrests allows two passengers to be seated laterally spaced from and facing each other.
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Henderson & Sturm LLP
Morano S. Joseph
Sportsstuff Inc.
Vasudeva Ajay
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