INFLATABLE HULL AND BUOYANT VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A DINGHY

摘要

An inflatable hull including at least one air casing that has two walls placed one over the other. The walls each include a fabric sheet, are connected therebetween by a plurality of connecting wires distributed over the entire surface of the sheets while forming a structure suitable for being inflated to a pressure capable of rigidifying the structure, and are capable of ensuring the buoyancy of the hull separately from any reported buoyancy element. The casing has a first transversely cross-sectional curvature and a second longitudinally cross-sectional curvature that is present over at least the front portion of the casing. One of the walls corresponds to the inside of the curvature, and the other of the walls corresponds to the outside of the curvature. The casing has at least one clip set up such as to form a stem.

主权项

1. An inflatable hull incorporating at least one pneumatic envelope with two superimposed walls, with the said walls each incorporating a layer of textile and being interconnected by a multitude of joining threads spread over the entire surface area of the laid layers, forming a structure suitable to be inflated to a pressure that can instill rigidity in the said structure, and that can ensure the buoyancy of the said hull, independently of any added buoyancy component, characterized by the fact that the said envelope has a first curvature in the transversal cross-section and a second curvature in at least its front part in the longitudinal cross-section, with one of the said walls corresponding with the interior side of the said curvature, and the other of the said walls corresponding to the exterior side of the said curvature, and by the fact that the said envelope has at least one tuck worked so as to form a bow.