US 12,110,081 B1Granted

Floating device

AssigneeMayflower Industrial Inc

InventorWei Zhao

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Abstract

A floating device is provided. The floating device includes: a floating member comprising a first end and a second end arranged opposite to the first end; and a pair of inflatable members attached to the first end and the second end of the floating member respectively and configured to be inflatable, each of the pair of inflatable members is formed by a single sheet, each of the pair of inflatable members includes an upper wall and a lower wall formed by bending the single sheet, the upper and the lower walls overlap with each other, a sealed cavity is formed by connecting a first free edge of the upper wall to a second free edge of the lower wall, the first end and the second end are sandwiched between the upper wall and the lower wall of a corresponding one of the pair of inflatable members.

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Dependent claims

A floating device, comprising:

a floating member comprising a first end and a second end arranged opposite the first end;
and
a pair of inflatable members attached to the first end and the second end of the floating member respectively and configured to be inflatable,
wherein each of the pair of inflatable members is formed by a single sheet and comprises an upper wall and a lower wall formed by bending the single sheet, the upper wall and the lower wall of each inflatable member overlap each other, a sealed cavity is formed by connecting a first free edge of the upper wall to a second free edge of the lower wall,
the first end and the second end are sandwiched between the upper wall and the lower wall of a corresponding one of the pair of inflatable members,
each of the pair of inflatable members comprises a first connected portion and a fourth connected portion, the first connected portion and the fourth connected portion are located on the same side of each of the pair of inflatable members, the first connected portion is formed by connecting the upper wall and the lower wall, the fourth connected portion is formed by connecting the upper wall, the lower wall and the corresponding one of the first end and the second end, such that the first end and the second end are respectively connected to the upper wall and the lower wall, and
the fourth connected portion is separated from the first connected portion.

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A floating device comprising:

a floating member;
and
at least one inflatable member arranged on the floating member and configured to be inflatable,
wherein the at least one inflatable member is formed by bending a single sheet, each of the at least one inflatable member comprises a sealed cavity, the at least one inflatable member is equipped with an intake component,
each of the at least one inflatable member comprises an upper wall and a lower wall by bending the single sheet, and the upper wall and the lower wall of each of the at least one inflatable member overlap each other, the sealed cavity is formed by connecting a first free edge of the upper wall to a second free edge of the lower wall,
the floating member comprises at least one connected end sandwiched between the upper wall and the lower wall of the corresponding one of the at least one inflatable member,
each of the at least one inflatable member comprises a first connected portion and a fourth connected portion, the first connected portion and the fourth connected portion are located on the same side of each of the at least one inflatable member, the first connected portion is formed by connecting the upper wall and the lower wall, the fourth connected portion is formed by connecting the upper wall, the lower wall and the corresponding one of the at least one connected end, such that the at least one connected end is connected to the upper wall and the lower wall,
the fourth connected portion is separated from the first connected portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/398,889Filed 28 Dec 2023
Priority: CN 202322396105.04 Sep 2023
Granted: 8 Oct 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

B63B 34/52
Body-supporting buoyant devices, e.g. bathing boats or water cycles: inflatable or partly inflatable
B63B 7/08
Having parts of non-rigid material: inflatable
B63B 34/50
Vessels specially adapted for water sports or leisure; Body-supporting devices specially adapted for water sports or leisure: body-supporting…
B63B
Ships or other waterborne vessels

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