Patent ID: 6325688
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
A reversible liferaft comprising a floor having a periphery, a first side and a second side, at least one inflatable tube surrounding and connected to the periphery of the floor, an erectable first canopy extending over the first side of the floor and an erectable second canopy extending over the second side of the floor, one of said first and second canopies being on an upper side of the liferaft when the liferaft is deployed and floating on water, support means for holding erect that one of said first and second canopies which is on the upper side of the liferaft when the liferaft is deployed and floating on water, the other of the first and second canopies then being unerected, and shaping means operative when the liferaft is deployed and floating on water for providing stabilizing means for the liferaft from part of said other canopy.