Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Water rescue or life protecting apparatus
Patent
1985-02-11
1986-12-23
Blix, Trygve M.
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Water rescue or life protecting apparatus
114348, B63C 900
Patent
active
046310380
ABSTRACT:
A safety capsule structure comprising semi-cylindrical half-sections provided with yieldable and buoyant lining secured on the inner periphery thereof, the half-sections being adapted for installation in a boat hull, or the like, for stabilization of the boat structure against capsizing and to provide a flotation force for the boat, the half-sections being further adapted to be secured together along a common longitudinal side edge to provide alternate open and closed positions with respect to a pair of the half-sections, the closed position of the half-sections providing a protective capsule for an occupant for protection of the occupant during hazardous ambient conditions, such as a tornado, or the like.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3083979 (1963-04-01), Boyd
patent: 3294346 (1966-12-01), Summers
Ritter Betty J.
Ritter Ronald G.
Blix Trygve M.
Sotelo Jesus D.
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