Patent ID: 6435346
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: B60J,B62J,B63B,B63C,B65D

Abstract:
A vehicle flood rescue raft for a vehicle having driven wheels comprising in combination:a bottom panel member, a top panel member, and means hermetically joining said top and bottom panel members to form a hermetically sealed air chamber and valve means for filling said air chamber with air, said top panel member having an exterior surface, said air chamber having a capacity sufficient to float said vehicle in flood waters, said exterior surface being adapted to protect said upper surface from penetration by the undercarriage portions of the vehicle, said raft having a geometry such that it can be positioned around said driven wheels of said vehicle so that said driven wheels can be used to propel said flood rescue raft and vehicle thereon to safety, further including 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.