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US 7,052,344 B1Granted
Method of manufacturing inflatable decks
AssigneeSportsstuff, Inc.
InventorLeroy L. Peterson
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of manufacturing an inflatable deck by sealing a top and bottom sheet of material at an outer peripheral edge, at spaced intervals interior of and parallel to the outer peripheral edge, and at opposing edges formed when a wedge-shaped section is removed. An air inlet valve is fitted in one of the top or bottom sheets. The deck may be circular, square, rectangular, or polygonal in shape. When the deck is inflated it has flat top and bottom surfaces.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing an inflatable deck, comprising the steps of:
- providing a top sheet of material and a bottom sheet of material;
- providing an air inlet valve to one of the top and bottom sheets;
- sealing the top and bottom sheets together to form a sealed outer peripheral edge;
- scaling the top and bottom sheets together at a spaced interval interior of the outer peripheral edge;
- cutting away a wedge shaped section of the sealed top and bottom sheets leaving first and second opposing edges;
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- sealing the first and second opposing edges together to form a closed bladder.
4 more elements
An inflatable deck construction comprising:
- a top sheet of material and a bottom sheet of material sealed together at an outer peripheral edge, at a spaced interval interior of the outer peripheral edge, and at opposing edges of a removed wedge shaped section;
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- an air inlet valve attached to one of the top and bottom sheets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.