Automatically inflatable boat
AssigneeZodiac Hurricane Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDouglas Hemphill, Gary Dale
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Abstract
An automatically inflatable boat including at least two separate compartments which are connected to one another by an intercommunicating valve which can be opened to connect adjacent compartments or closed to isolate adjacent compartments. The inflatable boat is provided with a gas pump permanently mounted on the boat and in fluid communication with a connection for receiving pressurized gas of at least one of the inflatable compartments. The pump can be actuated in order to automatically inflate the inflatable compartments of the boat to a preset pressure. Also shown is an inflatable enclosure which can be deflated and inflated and to house an adult and a commode to provide privacy.
Claims20
An inflatable boat which comprises:
- a) a boat formed by a deck and at least two separate inflatable compartments attached to the deck,
- b) an interconnecting valve assembly (i) connecting each of said inflatable compartments to at least one adjacent inflatable compartment and (ii) which can be opened to connect adjacent compartments or closed to isolate adjacent compartments,
- c) at least one of said inflatable compartments including a valve provided with a connection for receiving pressurized gas from an external source,
- d) a gas pump permanently mounted on the boat and in fluid communication with the connection for receiving pressurized gas, the pump being reversible to deflate the inflatable compartments for storage of the boat, and
- e) an actuator for the pump.
A boat comprising a deck, an inflatable enclosure of sufficient size to admit an adult located on the deck, a pump located on the boat (i) capable of inflating the inflatable enclosure and (ii) reversible so as to be capable of deflating the inflatable enclosure, and an actuator for the pump to cause the pump to inflate the inflatable enclosure.
An inflatable boat having an automatic pressure regulating system and a deck defining a periphery, comprising:
- a. a pump mounted on the boat;
- b. a plurality of inflatable compartments defined by at least one inflatable element attached to the periphery of the deck;
- c. means, comprising a valve, for connecting the pump so as to communicate with at least one of the inflatable compartments;
- d. an actuator for the pump;
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- e. a pressure indicator connected to the actuator and adjustable to a desired pressure setting so as automatically to regulate the inflation pressure of the at least one compartment with which the pump communicates in accordance with the pressure setting of the indicator.
An inflatable boat comprising:
- a. a deck having a periphery;
- b. at least one inflatable element attached to the periphery of the deck;
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- c. an inflatable assembly mounted to the deck and comprising:
- i. a commode;
- ii. an inflatable enclosure housing the commode;
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- iii. a valve communicating with the enclosure to allow inflation thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.