PNEUMATIC FLOAT- AND FENDER ELEMENTS FOR MARINE USE AND MEANS FOR JOINING SUCH ELEMENTS TOGETHER

摘要

Means for joining together two or several cylindric inflatable buoyant bodies, such as fenders or floats, and the invention relates further to embodiments of buoyant bodies especially adapted for effecting the joints. The invention consists in that the joint is provided by means of a tubular member overlapping the transition zone between each two adjacent fender- or float elements and establishing the interlocking between the said elements by means of the pneumatic pressure in the elements.