Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Rafts – Having water reactant stabilizing means
Patent
1981-07-17
1987-12-15
Basinger, Sherman D.
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Rafts
Having water reactant stabilizing means
114125, 441 38, 441 39, 441 40, B63C 904
Patent
active
RE0325600
ABSTRACT:
A stabilized life raft utilizing a fluid filled depending buoy chamber for overall stabilization and including as improved features thereon a peripheral skirt chamber which fills with the raft supporting fluid upon deployment of the raft and serves as a temporary stabilizer while the buoy chamber becomes filled. The buoy chamber includes baffles to impede the flow of the stabilizing fluid from one portion of the chamber to another in the event of a sudden weight shift within the raft. An improved valve permits a more rapid inward flow of fluid upon deployment of the raft and yet prevents outward flow in instances where the buoyant raft is suddenly thrust upwardly by elements such as waves. The raft, because of the particular placement of the various structural elements in conjunction with the placement of the survival gear and inflation system, is automatically self-righting.
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