Drop stitch inflatable boat
AssigneeSea Eagle Boats, Inc.
InventorCecil C. Hoge, Jr.
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Abstract
An inflatable dinghy includes a drop stitch inflatable floor made of high pressure drop stitch material; port and starboard drop stitch inflatable sides made of high-pressure drop stitch material attached at outside edges of the drop stitch inflatable floor, respectively; a rigid bow mold attached to the drop stitch inflatable floor and drop stitch inflatable sides; and a rigid stern transom attached to the drop stitch inflatable floor and drop stitch inflatable sides. The inflatable dinghy includes only three separate air compartments including the drop stitch inflatable floor and the drop stitch inflatable sides.
Claims19
An inflatable dinghy comprising:
- a drop stitch inflatable floor made of high pressure drop stitch material;
- port and starboard drop stitch inflatable sides made of high-pressure drop stitch material attached at outside edges of the drop stitch inflatable floor, respectively;
- a rigid bow mold attached to the drop stitch inflatable floor and drop stitch inflatable sides;
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- a rigid stern transom attached to the drop stitch inflatable floor and drop stitch inflatable sides,
- wherein the inflatable dinghy includes only three separate air compartments consisting of the drop stitch inflatable floor and the drop stitch inflatable sides.
An inflatable skiff comprising:
- a drop stitch inflatable floor made of high pressure drop stitch material;
- port and starboard drop stitch inflatable sides made of high-pressure drop stitch material attached at outside edges of the drop stitch inflatable floor, respectively;
- a drop stitch inflatable keel attached at a central portion of a bottom of the drop stitch inflatable floor;
- a rigid bow mold attached to the drop stitch inflatable floor and drop stitch inflatable sides;
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- a rigid stern transom attached to the drop stitch inflatable floor and drop stitch inflatable sides,
- wherein the inflatable skiff includes only four separate air compartments consisting of the drop stitch inflatable floor, drop stitch inflatable sides and drop stitch inflatable keel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.