Patent ID: 6983715
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. An inflatable boat comprising: two side buoyancy tubes; a floor having an underside that is rigid at least transversely and that is interposed between said tubes; a flexible bottom sheet that covers the underside of the rigid floor and that is secured in watertight manner to said tubes; and a hull of approximately V-shaped cross-section disposed under the flexible bottom sheet, which hull comprises at least a central longitudinal strip in the shape of a V-shaped trough that is rigid, and that is made up of a plurality of longitudinal segments assembled together end-to-end, and secured together by releasable fixing means, each segment having abutting ends, top ends, and a tip portion defining the V-shape; wherein said releasable fixing means for releasably fixing together two consecutive hull segments comprise: at each side top end, at least one longitudinally-extending projecting finger on an abutting end of one segment and at least one respective facing longitudinal recess provided in an abutting end of an adjacent segment and suitable for receiving said projecting finger; and in the tip portion of the V-shape and inside the hull, at least one connection member on an end of one segment, and at least one corresponding connection member situated inside the adjacent segment, and a retaining pin suitable for being engaged through the connection members.