Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Lifeboat
Patent
1981-03-16
1982-08-31
Blix, Trygve M.
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Lifeboat
114201R, 114311, 114357, B63C 906
Patent
active
043466648
ABSTRACT:
Lifeboat in the general form of a hollow prolate spheroid having a hatchway opening in the upper portion and a weighted keel in the lower portion. The lifeboat comprises a main body having inner and outer skins spaced apart in a parallel relationship and a hollow ballast element extends entirely around the periphery of the inner chamber at the bottom and is divided by transverse walls into a plurality of fresh water compartments which also has a flat upper surface for use as a seat. The ballast element also includes a water compartment beneath the floor at the bottom portion of the inner chamber.
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Parade Magazine, Oct. 9, 1977, p. 6.
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Blix Trygve M.
Brahan Thomas J.
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