US 8,668,539 B2Granted

Amphibious protection apparatus

AssigneeHankookin, Inc.

InventorsJames Jiwen Chun, Jennifer Miseong Chun, Angela Soyoung Chun, Andrew Youngho Chun

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Abstract

An amphibious protection apparatus including wall members, an occupancy space, and an access region is provided. Each of the wall members is foldably and detachably connected to the other wall members. Each of the wall members has an enclosed space that is inflatable by a fluid injected into the enclosed space. The inflation of each of the detachably connected wall members forms a buoyant enclosure of a predefined configuration, which bounces on land and floats on water. The occupancy space is defined by the detachably connected wall members and accommodates the users. The access region defined by opening one of the detachably connected wall members provides access to the occupancy space. The amphibious protection apparatus inflated to form the buoyant enclosure protects the users accommodated within the occupancy space from impacts from different directions on land and water and provides safety to the accommodated users on land and water.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An amphibious protection apparatus for providing safety to one or more users, comprising:

a set of wall members, each of said wall members defining a periphery, said periphery of each of said wall members connected to a periphery of another of said wall member, each of said wall members being foldably and detachably connected to another of said wall members, said each of said wall members comprising an enclosed space, said enclosed space configured to be inflated by a fluid injected into said enclosed space, wherein said inflation of said each of said detachably connected wall members forms a buoyant enclosure of a predefined configuration configured to bounce on land and float on water;
said detachably connected wall members defining an occupancy space, wherein said occupancy space is configured to accommodate said one or more users;
and
an access region defined by opening one of said detachably connected wall members, said access region configured to provide access to said occupancy space;
whereby said buoyant enclosure of said predefined configuration formed by said inflation of said each of said detachably connected wall members allows said amphibious protection apparatus to bounce on said land and float on said water, thereby protecting said accommodated one or more users within said occupancy space accessed through said access region, from impacts from different directions on said land and said water, and providing said safety to said accommodated one or more users on said land and said water.

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A method for providing safety to one or more users, comprising:

providing an amphibious protection apparatus comprising:
a set of wall members, each of said wall members defining a periphery, said periphery of each of said wall members connected to a periphery of another of said wall member, each of said wall members being foldably and detachably connected to another of said wall members, said each of said wall members comprising an enclosed space, said enclosed space configured to be inflated by a fluid injected into said enclosed space;
said detachably connected wall members defining an occupancy space;
and
an access region defined by opening one of said detachably connected wall members;
assembling and detachably connecting said periphery of each of said wall members of said amphibious protection apparatus to said periphery of another of said wall members;
providing access to said occupancy space through said access region of said amphibious protection apparatus;
accommodating said one or more users within said occupancy space of said amphibious protection apparatus;
and
inflating said each of said detachably connected wall members by injecting said fluid into said enclosed space of said each of said detachably connected wall members to form a buoyant enclosure of a predefined configuration configured to bounce on land and float on water, wherein said buoyant enclosure encloses said accommodated one or more users within said occupancy space to protect said accommodated one or more users from impacts from different directions on said land and said water, thereby providing said safety to said accommodated one or more users on said land and said water.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/586,150Filed 15 Aug 2012 · us provisional application
Priority: 16 Aug 2011
Published: US 2013/0045649 A121 Feb 2013
Granted: 11 Mar 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

B63C 9/06
Life-saving in water: floatable closed containers with accommodation for one or more persons inside
B63C 9/065
Floatable closed containers with accommodation for one or more persons inside: for one person
B63C 2009/0023
Life-saving in water: particular features common to inflatable life-saving equipment
B63C
Launching, hauling-out, or dry-docking of vessels