Deployable float safety system
OwnerRaymond Blake Hogsheadinventor
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Abstract
A safety system for use with vehicles such as boats. The safety system includes one or more inflatable bags or bladders which may prevent the vehicle from sinking in a body of water. The bags may be stored in housings, and the housings may be angled to ensure smooth deployment of the bags. A pressure regulator and one or more valves may ensure the inflatable components stay inflated so as to ensure the vehicle stays afloat. The safety system may be automatically or manually activated.
Claims10
A safety system for a vehicle to prevent the vehicle from sinking in a body of water, the vehicle including vehicle outer walls and vehicle inner walls, and the system comprising:
- a housing secured to one of the vehicle outer walls;
- an inflatable component stored within the housing when the inflatable component is in a stored state;
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- a fluid tank storing a fluid and in fluid communication with the inflatable component by a fluid line, the fluid line passing from the fluid tank through one of the vehicle inner walls and through the housing
- wherein the safety system in an activated state initiates a flow of fluid from the fluid tank to the inflatable component thereby inflating the inflatable component with the fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.