Patent ID: 6487981
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: B60V,B63B

Abstract:
In an advanced marine landing craft having an artificially pressurized gas cushion disposed between an underside of a hull of said advanced marine landing craft and a water surface wherein said gas cushion, when it is pressurized with gas, supports a portion of a weight of the advanced marine landing craft, the improvement comprising:a moveable, in relation to the hull, gas cushion bow seal wherein said moveable gas cushion bow seal is in mechanical communication with a moveable, in relation to the hull, bow ramp and whereby said moveable gas cushion bow seal is disposed, at least in its majority, on an underside of said moveable bow ramp and is positioned between the moveable bow ramp and a ground surface when the moveable bow ramp is lowered during beaching of said advanced marine landing craft.