Patent ID: 6595359
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: B60J,B62J,B63B,B63C,B65D

Abstract:
A vehicle flood rescue raft for a vehicle having undercarriage portions comprising in combination:a bottom panel member, a top panel member, and side wall members, said side wall members being hermetically joined to said top and bottom panel members to form one or more hermetically sealed air chambers and valve means for filling said one or more air chambers with air, said top panel member having an exterior surface, said exterior surface including means for protecting said upper surface from penetration by the undercarriage portions of the vehicle, said hermetically sealed air chamber having front and rear ends and an air capacity sufficient to float said vehicle in flood waters and grommet means at said front and rear ends of said raft for positioning said raft under a vehicle and/or anchoring said raft at said front and rear ends in flood waters, and a discrete flotation chamber and means to secure said flotation chamber to the end of said car flood rescue raft at the end thereof positioned under the engine of said vehicle.