Patent · US Expired

Sleigh having an improved inflatable body

US4206933A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 24, 1978
Grant dateJun 10, 1980
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 24, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62B15/006
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sleigh having an inflatable body which is wedge-shaped at its forward portion and parallel-sided at its rear portion, the body being subdivided into three inflatable compartments by two spaced longitudinally extending interior webs which slant outwardly relative to one another in their downward directions. The forward ends of the upper edges of the webs are slightly higher than their rear ends. The upper surfaces of the two outer compartments bulge upwardly to a greater extent than the upper surface of the center compartment. Guide foils having longitudinally extending grooves are disposed below the three compartments at the rear end of the body, the foils associated with the outer two compartments being displaced inwardly relative to their respective compartment axes in the unloaded condition of the sleigh.

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