Patent ID: 9162738
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
1. An inflatable and foldable life raft comprising: a plurality of parallel air chambers forming a generally rectangular shaped body when said life raft is in an unfolded and inflated configuration; at least one valve in fluid communication with said air chambers for inflating and deflating said chambers; a tether connected to said body, said tether comprising a tether attachment to a user; and a storage carrier constructed integrally with a surface of said body, said storage carrier comprising: said body is deflatable and foldable from said unfolded and inflated configuration to a folded and deflated configuration in which the body is stored within the storage carrier and secured within the storage carrier by said fastener, and wherein said body is deployable from said folded and deflated configuration to said unfolded and inflated configuration by fluid passing through said at least one valve into said chambers causing said body to inflate and disengage said fastener.