Collapsible pontoon
AssigneeFried. Krupp Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
InventorsWolfgang Diefendahl, Carsten Schmitz
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Abstract
A pontoon includes a plurality of side-by-side arranged buoyant bodies articulated to one another to allow the pontoon to be placed in a collapsed or in an extended state. Each flanking buoyant body has a bottom face sloping upwardly in an outwardly direction, a top face and a wall element arranged at an outer portion of the flanking buoyant body. The wall element has a position in which it slopes upwardly and projects beyond the top face in an upward direction.
Claims14
In a pontoon including a plurality of side-by-side arranged buoyant bodies articulated to one another to allow the pontoon to be placed in a collapsed or in an extended state;
- external buoyant bodies on either side of the pontoon being flanking bodies;
- each said flanking body having a bottom face sloping upwardly in an outward direction and a top face;
- each said flanking body having an outer portion;
- further wherein each buoyant body of said pontoon has a top face and said pontoon is collapsible in a W-configuration;
- the improvement wherein said flanking body has a plate-shaped wall element arranged at said outer portion and extending away from the end thereof;
- said plate-shaped wall element having a position in which it slopes upwardly and projects to a substantial extent beyond said top face of said flanking body in an upward direction;
- in the extended state of the pontoon the top faces lying in a plane situated at a level below parts of said plate-shaped wall element in the upwardly sloping position thereof.
In a pontoon including a plurality of side-by-side arranged buoyant bodies articulated to one another to allow the pontoon to be placed in a collapsed or in an extended state;
- external buoyant bodies on either side of the pontoon being flanking bodies;
- each said flanking body having a bottom face sloping upwardly in an outward direction and a top face;
- each said flanking body having an outer portion;
- the improvement wherein said flanking body has a wall element arranged at said outer portion;
- said wall element having a position in which it slopes upwardly and projects to a substantial extent beyond said top face in an upward direction;
- the improvement further comprising pivot means for articulating said wall element to said outer portion;
- said wall element having a inwardly-pivoted position and an outwardly-pivoted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.