Patent ID: 6192822
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A pneumatic boat comprising at least one inflatable fender forming two approximately parallel branches connecting frontwards to form a bow and a transom extending between these two branches, the branches being comprised, at least in their approximately parallel parts, by tubular compartments placed side by side longitudinally and superposed having a poly-lobed cross section defining a major axis, the major axis being inclined in relation to the horizontal, and in which at least one of the compartments of each branch includes a flexible casing (i) having an external lateral part and (ii) integral with the compartment immediately above and a detachable float retained in the same casing, and in that the casing and the float are shaped so that the float is applied by the casing against the compartment immediately above and that the external lateral part of the casing is stretched between the float and the compartment immediately above extending approximately tangentially to the float and the compartment immediately above and forming with a horizontal plane an average angle of between 5 and 45.degree. approximately.