Inflatable boat with a high pressure inflatable keel

US7159529B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZODIAC INTERNATIONAL · FR

Inventors

• Manuel Durand · Roses, ES
• Lionel Boudeau · Roses, ES

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 9, 2005
• Grant date: Jan 9, 2007
• Expiry date: Jun 9, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B63B7/08
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An inflatable boat comprising: an inflatable float that is U-shaped and open at the stern, and that braced by a transom; a floor that is disposed inside the space defined by the float, and a V-shaped keel formed of a flexible canvas sheet fastened to the float and to the transom and tensioned by a longitudinal inflatable keel-forming spacer interposed between the floor and the canvas sheet;