Flotation safety device
OwnerErnest J. Seijasinventor
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Abstract
A cockpit canopy seperably coupled to a superstructure of a boat selectively convertible to a flotation device comprising a buoyant member including an inner surface having a ridge extending outwardly therefrom to cooperatively form an auxiliary cockpit with at least one attachment element formed on each side of the buoyant member and a corresponding coupling element movable between a first and second position mounted on opposite sides of the superstructure to engage the corresponding attachment element when in the first position to secure the buoyant member to the superstructure and to disengage the corresponding attachment element when moved from the first position to the second position to release the buoyant member from the superstructure for deployment as a flotation device in a body of water.
Claims35
A cockpit canopy separably coupled to a superstructure of a boat selectively convertible to a flotation device comprising a buoyant member including an outer surface and an inner surface having a ridge extending outwardly therefrom to cooperatively form an auxiliary cockpit with at least one mounting assembly formed on each side of said buoyant member to selectively secure said buoyant member to the superstructure and to release said buoyant member from the superstructure, each said mounting assembly comprises an attachment element and a corresponding coupling element, each said attachment element comprises a notch formed in said ridge and an attachment member affixed to said ridge.
A cockpit canopy separably coupled to a superstructure of a boat selectively convertible to a flotation device comprising a buoyant member including a substantially convex outer surface and a substantially flat inner surface having a ridge extending outwardly therefrom to cooperatively form an auxiliary cockpit with at least one mounting assembly formed on each side of said buoyant member to selectively secure said buoyant member to the superstructure and to release said buoyant member from the superstructure, said buoyant member comprises a body including a front edge, a pair of side edges and a rear edge, said ridge extends outwardly from said substantially flat inner surface inwardly from said front edge and each said side edge of said body to create a peripheral ledge between said front edge and said side edges and said ridge on said substantially flat inner surface and wherein said auxiliary cockpit is open along said rear edge to provide access to said auxiliary cockpit.
A cockpit canopy separably coupled to a superstructure of a boat selectively convertible to a flotation device comprising a buoyant member having a front edge, a pair of side edges and a rear edge and including an outer surface and an inner surface having a ridge extending outwardly therefrom to cooperatively form an auxiliary cockpit with at least one mounting assembly formed on each side of said buoyant member to selectively secure said buoyant member to the superstructure and to release said buoyant member from the superstructure, said inner surface includes a longitudinally disposed recess formed therein extending to said rear edge of said buoyant member to permit access to said auxiliary cockpit.
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