Inflatable crafts with an integral underwater viewing window
OwnerKenneth Troy Harkriderinventor
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Abstract
Inflatable crafts incorporating an integral underwater viewing window, designed for a plurality of users and inflatable craft. The clear special lenses of the viewing window can be sonic welded to the host craft's viewing port walled cavity's, upper and lower perimeters, becoming one with the crafts and can be filled with water eliminating light re-fractions. There is a specially designed pillow sonic welded partially around the underwater viewing window. Crafts for lying prone, do not bend. Making for absolute comfort and ease of use. Further features are inflatable stand offs for bottom lens protection. An integral underwater viewing window within a hand held inflatable host for all ages from 2 to 90. It can be waded with or swam with.
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Inflatable underwater viewing crafts, ergonomically designed for a plurality of users comprising:
- a. An integral underwater viewing window wherein said viewing window is comprised of a viewing port walled cavity within said crafts that is sealed water tight by clear lenses, such as but not limited to, PETG sonic welded integrally to the top and bottom extremes of said viewing port walled cavity, thus creating said underwater viewing window that is one with said crafts.
- b. Said integral underwater viewing window wherein said clear lenses are, such as but not limited to, PET.
- c. A pillow design, of single purpose, that extends, partially around, and extending over, the top clear lens sufficiently, allowing comfortable placement of a user's forehead upon said pillow allowing placement of a user's eyes over the center of said top clear lens, wherein said users face is supported several inches above said top lens of said integral underwater viewing window thereby possessing no head or facial confines or breathing restrictions, thus providing total body relaxation.
- d. Mid-ship handles mounted to the top surface of said craft, on port and starboard, being of a predetermined location from the stern, thereby allowing stern boarding of said craft.
I claim an inflatable crafts designed for children from infants to, such as but not limited to, four years of age comprising:
- a. Said underwater viewing window wherein said underwater viewing window is integrally installed within said child crafts and discretely located for optimum viewing ease.
- b. Said crafts possessing security handles to each side of said underwater viewing area, allowing easy reach for a child when viewing below the water.
- c. I claim, according to claim 2, a child craft to accommodate ages, approximately, but not limited to, infant to two years of age allowing easy viewing below the water, providing means to paddle or splash the water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.