Inflatable small craft
AssigneeZodiac International
InventorGerard Garnier
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Abstract
Inflatable small craft including at least one inflatable tube (1) forming two substantially parallel branches (2) meeting towards the front to form a stem (3), a bottom sheet (5) forming a V-shaped hull held taut by a longitudinal keel (6) which is interposed between a bottom (4) which is rigid in the transverse direction held along the two aforementioned branches (2) and the bottom sheet (5) which is connected to the tube (1) along the peripheral edges of the bottom (4). The craft additionally includes two auxiliary floats (7) running under the bottom (4) substantially parallel to the respective branches (2) while being offset towards the center with respect to these branches. The auxiliary floats extend close to the branches while being physically separate from them.
Claims8
An inflatable small craft including at least one inflatable tube forming two substantially parallel branches meeting towards the front to form a stem, a bottom sheet forming a V-shaped hull held taut by a longitudinal keel which is interposed between a bottom which is rigid in the transverse direction held along said two branches and said bottom sheet which is connected to said tube along the peripheral edges of the bottom, two auxiliary floats extending under the bottom substantially parallel to the said two branches while being spaced from and offset towards the center with respect to said branches, said two auxiliary floats being secured to the bottom sheet underneath said sheet.
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