Inflatable boat with d-shaped wall
AssigneeZodiac Milpro International
InventorsMarc CASSANAS, Guillaume LACOSTE
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Abstract
Disclosed is a boat including a flexible bottom bordered radially towards the outside by a wall which includes an inflatable and flexible front wall, an inflatable and flexible lateral wall, and a rear wall. At least one part of at least one of the lateral wall and of the front wall is constituted by a first inflatable element configured as a panel having two parallel planar faces, a second inflatable element of which the cross section is in the form of a D with a planar portion, and a flexible assembly device, the second element being situated radially towards the outside of the boat with respect to the first element, the assembly device maintaining the planar portion of the second element in contact with one of the planar faces of the first element.
Claims20
A boat comprising a bottom (10) that is flexible and radially edged towards the outside by a wall (20) which comprises an inflatable and pliable front wall (21), an inflatable and pliable lateral wall (22), and a rear wall (23), said boat wherein at least one part of at least one among said lateral wall (22) and said front wall (21) is made of an inflatable first element (30) shaped as a plate having two parallel flat surfaces (31, 32), an inflatable second element (40) whose section is D shaped with a flat portion (41), and a flexible assembly device, where said second element (40) is located radially outward from said boat relative to said first element (30), and said assembly device keeps the flat portion (41) of the second element (40) in contact with one of said flat surfaces of said first element (30).
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