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US 11,230,357 B2Granted
Marine fender
AssigneeFender Innovations Holding B.V.
InventorJacob De Bruijn
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Abstract
Marine fender for impact protection comprising a core of closed cell foam, wherein said core comprises at least one chamber substantially entirely surrounded by said closed cell foam and enclosing an elastically deformable closed object. The marine fender can comprise an intermediate layer that at least partly encloses the core and/or a coating that at least partly covers the intermediate layer.
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A marine fender for impact protection comprising:
- a core of closed cell foam, wherein said core comprises at least one chamber substantially entirely surrounded by said closed cell foam;
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- an elastically deformable closed object enclosed in said at least one chamber,
- wherein the core of closed cell foam comprises at least first and second blocks of closed cell foam, wherein said first block is located adjacent to said second block, wherein said at least one chamber is formed in and extends between said first and second blocks of closed cell foam, wherein a first chamber part of the at least one chamber is provided in the first block and a second chamber part of said at least one chamber is provided in the second block, and wherein the first and second blocks are joined together so that the first and second chamber parts form the at least one chamber and enclose the elastically deformable closed object.
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A method for manufacturing a marine fender comprising:
- providing at least first and second blocks of closed cell foam, wherein the first block is located adjacent to the second block;
- providing in the first and second blocks of closed cell foam at least one hollow chamber entirely surrounded by said closed cell foam, wherein the at least one hollow chamber comprises a first chamber part in the first block and a second chamber part in the second block;
- inserting a first end of an elastically deformable closed object into the first chamber part of the first block, and
- placing a second end of the elastically deformable closed object into the second chamber part in the second block to enclose the elastically deformable closed object and seal the chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.