Flotation hull and boats made therefrom
OwnerOtis W. Douglas, IIIinventor
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Abstract
Flotation hulls are fabricated from at least one pontoon unit of block-like configuration having four flat side walls of rectangular configuration and bulkhead end walls positioned at the extremities of the side walls. Several pontoon units may be assembled end-wise by joinder of the bulkhead end walls. A nose piece is attached to each terminal end wall of a sequence of one or more pontoon units. The nose piece has a four sided pyramidal shape having a pointed extremity directed away from the pontoon units. Boats can be fabricated using one or more of the hulls by orienting the hulls V-shaped downwardly. When two or more hulls are utilized in a boat, the hulls are held together in parallel disposition by cross arms which penetrate the hulls and attach to the bulkhead end walls.
Claims12
A flotation hull comprised of:
- (a) at least one pontoon unit of block-like configuration comprised of four flat side walls of rectangular configuration joined at their edges to form four parallel side corners, and two bulkhead end walls positioned at the extremities of said side walls in perpendicular relationship thereto and forming end corners therewith, said end walls being adapted to permit joinder of adjacent pontoon units in a manner such that their end walls are in close parallel juxtaposition while the side walls of adjacent pontoon units are in coplanar alignment, and
- (b) a nose piece attached to each terminal end wall of a sequence of one or more pontoon units, said nose piece having a four sided pyramidal shape with a base periphery congruent with the end corners of said terminal end wall, the pointed extremities of said nose pieces being directed away from said pontoon units,
- (c) said hull being impervious to entrance of water into the interior thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.