Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Body supporting buoyant device – With seat
Patent
1990-09-04
1992-12-15
Basinger, Sherman
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Body supporting buoyant device
With seat
B63B 3578
Patent
active
051711788
ABSTRACT:
A floatation device (10) for sportsmen which includes a U-shaped flotation tube assembly (11) having a pair of opposing parallel legs (12 & 14) which are encased by a fabric outer covering (20) and has attached thereto a flexible seating platform (18). Flexible seating platform (18) is attached to outer covering (20) so that it is suspended between opposing parallel legs (12 & 14) of the U-shaped floatation tube assembly (11). Tensioning strap 22 spans the outer perimeter of the U-shaped floatation tube assembly and attaches to the ends of the opposing legs for preventing the legs from collapsing toward each other when weight is applied to the flexible seating platform. The flexible outer covering (20) has a zippered access hole (32) whereby the U-shaped floatation tube assembly (11) may be introduced and inflated so that the U-shaped floatation tube assembly (11) fills out outer covering (20) and provides buoyancy for a sportsman on water.
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Creek Wilson
Ross Peter L.
Basinger Sherman
Dykas Frank J.
O'Banion John P.
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