# US 12,110,081 B1 · Floating device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,110,081 B1 - Document ID: US12110081B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 18/398,889 - Filed: 2023-12-28 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2023-09-04 - Assignees: Mayflower Industrial Inc - Applicants: Mayflower Industrial Inc - Inventors: Wei Zhao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12110081B1 ## CPC - B63B 34/52: Inflatable or partly inflatable - B63B 7/08: Inflatable (inflatable water sports boards B63B32/51; inflatable canoes, kayaks or the like being inflatable or having inflatable parts B63B34/22) - B63B 34/50: Body-supporting buoyant devices, e.g. bathing boats or water cycles (swimming aids A63B31/00) - B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The floating device according to claim 1, wherein the first free edge of the upper wall comprises a first connecting edge, a first upper edge and a second upper edge, both ends of the first connecting edge are respectively connected to the first upper edge and the second upper edge, the second free edge of the lower wall comprises a second connecting edge, and a first lower side edge and a second lower side edge, both ends of the second connecting edge are respectively connected to the first lower side edge and the second lower side edge, the floating device further comprises a second connected portion and a third connected portion, wherein the first connecting edge of the upper wall and the second connecting edge of the lower wall are connected together to form the first connected portion, the first upper edge of the upper wall and the first lower side edge of the lower wall are connected together to form the second connected portion, the second upper edge of the upper wall and the second lower side edge of the lower wall are connected together to form the third connected portion, and the sealed cavity is formed by connecting the second connected portion to one side of the first connected portion and the third connected portion to the other side of the first connected portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The floating device according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the second connected portion and the third connected portion is arc-shaped. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The floating device according to claim 1, wherein the fourth connected portion is parallel to the first connected portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The floating device according to claim 1, wherein a bend portion is formed at each end of the fourth connected portion, each of the bend portion is connected to a corresponding end of the first connected portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The floating device according to claim 1, wherein the floating device further comprises a pair of intake components respectively installed on the pair of inflatable members. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The floating device according to claim 1, wherein the floating device further comprises a cloth defining a plurality of holes. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The floating device according to claim 7, wherein the floating device further comprises at least one cladding member, the at least one cladding member is configured to cover an edge of the cloth that is not connected to the inflatable member. ### Claim 9 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. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The floating device according to claim 9, wherein the first free edge of the upper wall comprises a first connecting edge, a first upper edge and a second upper edge, both ends of the first connecting edge are respectively connected to the first upper edge and the second upper edge, the second free edge of the lower wall comprises a second connecting edge, and a first lower side edge and a second lower side edge, both ends of the second connecting edge are respectively connected to the first lower side edge and the second lower side edge, the floating device further comprises a second connected portion and a third connected portion, wherein the first connecting edge of the upper wall and the second connecting edge of the lower wall are connected together to form the first connected portion, the first upper edge of the upper wall and the first lower side edge of the lower wall are connected together to form the second connected portion, the second upper edge of the upper wall and the second lower side edge of the lower wall are connected together to form the third connected portion, and the sealed cavity is formed by connecting the second connected portion to one side of the first connected portion and the third connected portion to the other side of the first connected portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The floating device according to claim 10, wherein at least one of the second connected portion and the third connected portion is arc-shaped.