# US 2014/0196656 A1 · Rescue boat > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0196656 A1 - Document ID: US20140196656A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/740,096 - Filed: 2013-01-11 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-11 - Assignees: Tan Vien Dong Co. Ltd. - Applicants: Tan Vien Dong Co. Ltd. - Inventors: Bui Van Cong - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140196656A1 ## CPC - B63C 9/02: Lifeboats, life-rafts or the like, specially adapted for life-saving (floatable furniture B63C9/30; boats in general B63B; inflatable vessels B63B7/00; equipment for handling lifeboats or the like B63B23/00; rafts B63B35/58) - B63B 5/24: made predominantly of plastics {(surf boards B63B32/57)} - B63B 7/04: sectionalised (sectionalised water sports boards B63B32/53; sectionalised canoes, kayaks or the like B63B34/23) - B63B 27/143: {Ramps} - B63H 20/06: on an intermediate support - B63B 2003/085: {Multiple hull vessels, e.g. catamarans, assembled from detachably-connected sub-units} - B63B 2027/141: {telescopically extendable} - B63C 2009/042: {inflatable} - Y10T 29/49826: Assembling or joining - Y10T 29/49895: Associating parts by use of aligning means [e.g., use of a drift pin or a "fixture"] - Y10T 29/49947: by applying separate fastener - Y10T 29/49963: Threaded fastener - Y10T 156/10: Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor - B63C: LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS (floating nets, floating slipways, or the like for recovering aircraft from the water B63B35/52) - 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) - B63H: MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING (propulsion of air-cushion vehicles B60V1/14; specially adapted for submarines, other than nuclear propulsion, B63G; specially adapted for torpedoes F42B19/00) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract Embodiments of a rescue boat are disclosed. A rescue boat can include a port pontoon, a starboard pontoon, and a deck, the deck being attachable to the port pontoon and the starboard pontoon. A method of launching the rescue boat includes placing a port pontoon, a starboard pontoon, and a deck in proximity close to a launch point; mating the deck with the port pontoon and the starboard pontoon; attaching the deck with the port pontoon and the starboard pontoon; mounting a motor on a motor mount on the deck; and launching the rescue boat formed by the port pontoon, the deck, and the starboard pontoon. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A rescue boat, comprising: a port pontoon; a starboard pontoon; and a deck, the deck being attachable to the port pontoon and the starboard pontoon. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The rescue boat of claim 1, wherein the deck includes one or more seats; a forward platform; and a transom with a motor mount. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The rescue boat of claim 2, further including a rescue ramp attached to the forward platform. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The rescue boat of claim 1, wherein the deck is attached to the port pontoon and the starboard pontoon at mating mounts. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The rescue boat of claim 1, wherein the deck includes an integrally formed center hull. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The rescue boat of claim 1, wherein the deck includes guides that mate with insets integrally formed in the port pontoon and the starboard pontoon. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The rescue boat of claim 1, wherein the pontoons include a skid. ### Claim 8 A method of a launching a rescue boat, comprising: placing a port pontoon, a starboard pontoon, and a deck in proximity close to a launch point; mating the deck with the port pontoon and the starboard pontoon; attaching the deck with the port pontoon and the starboard pontoon; mounting a motor on a motor mount on the deck; and launching the rescue boat formed by the port pontoon, the deck, and the starboard pontoon. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein mating the deck with the port pontoon and the starboard pontoon by aligning guides formed on the deck to insets formed in the pontoons and coupling the deck with the port pontoon and the starboard pontoon. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein attaching the deck with the port pontoon and the starboard pontoon includes fastening the deck to the port pontoons and the starboard pontoons with fasteners. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the fasteners are bolts. ### Claim 12 A method of forming a rescue boat, comprising: forming a port pontoon; forming a starboard pontoon; and forming a deck, wherein the deck is capable of being removably attached to the port pontoon and the starboard pontoon. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein forming a port pontoon and forming a starboard pontoon includes laminating a lower hull section; laminating an upper hull section; bonding supports; and bonding the lower hull section to the upper section. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein forming the deck includes laminating the deck; laminating a center hull; laminating seats laminating a platform; laminating a transom integrally with the deck; and bonding the seats, the platform, and the center hull to the deck. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further including forming a skid on the port pontoon and the starboard pontoon. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein forming the skid includes providing a structural strip within the pontoon; and screwing a wearable strip through the pontoon and into the structural strip.