Liferaft
First Claim
1. 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.
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Abstract
A liferaft has a floor (52) surrounded by one or more inflatable tubes (50, 51). Two canopies (54a, 54b) are provided, one (54a) covering one side of the floor (52) and the other (54b) covering the other side of the floor (52). When the liferaft is deployed on water, support means, which may be an inflatable column (63), erect the canopy (54a) that is above the water. The other canopy (54b) is unerected and lies in the water. The system of weights (67) and elastic ropes (66) forms the canopy in the water into stabilizing means in the form of water pockets. Similar means are provided on the deployed canopy (54a) but, when the canopy (54a) is erected, they lie flush with the canopy surface and so do not interfere with the operation of the liferaft.
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18 Claims
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1. 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.
- 2. 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, wherein the shaping means form said other canopy into a stabilizing device projecting downwardly from the aside of the liferaft that is the lower side when the liferaft is deployed and floating on water.
- 14. 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 connected to said canopy and operative when the liferaft is deployed and floating on water to act on said canopy to shape part of said other canopy into stabilizing means.
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