Inflatable boat with D-shaped wall
AssigneeZodiac Milpro International
InventorsMarc Cassanas, Guillaume Lacoste
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Abstract
Disclosed is a boat including a flexible bottom bordered radially towards the outside by a wall which includes an inflatable and flexible front wall, an inflatable and flexible lateral wall, and a rear wall. At least one part of at least one of the lateral wall and of the front wall is constituted by a first inflatable element configured as a panel having two parallel planar faces, a second inflatable element of which the cross section is in the form of a D with a planar portion, and a flexible assembly device, the second element being situated radially towards the outside of the boat with respect to the first element, the assembly device maintaining the planar portion of the second element in contact with one of the planar faces of the first element.
Claims20
A boat comprising:
- a wall (20) which comprises an inflatable and pliable front wall (21), an inflatable and pliable lateral wall (22), and a rear wall (23),
- wherein a prow of the boat is formed by the front wall (21), a totality of the prow being inflatable and pliable, and
- wherein lateral sides of the boat are formed by the lateral wall (22), a totality of the lateral sides being inflatable and pliable;
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- a bottom (10) that is flexible, the bottom (10) being radially edged towards the outside by the wall (20) which comprises the inflatable and pliable front wall (21), the inflatable and pliable lateral wall (22), and the rear wall (23),
- wherein at least one part of at least one among said lateral wall (22) and said front wall (21) is made of an inflatable first element (30) shaped as a plate having two parallel flat surfaces (31, 32), the inflatable first element (30) being assembled with an inflatable second element (40) whose section is D shaped with a flat portion (41), the flat portion (41) of the inflatable second element (40) being kept in contact with one of said flat surfaces of said inflatable first element (30), and wherein said inflatable second element (40) is located radially outward from said boat relative to said inflatable first element (30).
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