Patent ID: 7335079
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
1. A multipurpose flotation device, comprising: a first flat buoyant panel having inward and outward ends, a width between side edges, and upper and lower faces; a second flat buoyant panel having inward and outward ends, a width between side edges, and upper and lower faces; said first and second panels pivotally connected together at their inward ends along a transverse hinge, for pivotal movement of the first and second panels from a substantially flat, coplanar configuration to a substantially U-shaped configuration; said first and second panels having a uniform thickness, the thickness of each of the first and second panels along their inward ends being beveled to form a wedge, the apexes of the wedges connected at said pivotal hinge connection; said first and second panels being identical in shape and size; and wherein each of said first and second panels has a trapezoidal inward portion and a rectangular base portion in plan view, with a narrowed width of the trapezoid forming the inward end of the first and second panels.