Inflatable boat with detachable hull
US5943978A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 9, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 9, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63B7/082
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An inflatable boat (1) comprising laterally two inflatable buoyancy fenders (2) connected by a bottom (13) rigid at least transversely and by an underlying hull (4) presenting an approximately V transverse section, characterised in that a flexible bottom (16), lining the rigid bottom (3) and underlying it, is fixed in a sealed way to the fenders (2) and in that the aforementioned hull (4) is rigid at least in a central longitudinal strip (6) in the shape of a V gutter and is constituted by several sections (11) assembled longitudinally end to end in a removable way and held with the help of removable fixing means (8).
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