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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2004
Pascal Bouquard, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Pascal Bouquard, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Zodiac International, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Abstract
A semi-rigid pneumatic boat () comprising: a rigid hull () defined by a rigid underwater hull () closed on the top by a rigid floor () and bordered on two sides by two pneumatic floats (); a ballast () arranged in the rear part of the rigid hull () and pumping means for filling it with water or emptying it thereof; two pneumatic chambers () defined in the respective rear parts of the two floats () and pneumatically isolated from the rest of the floats; means () for inflating and means () for deflating the rear chambers; the boat having no rear board; thus, by filling the ballast () and by deflating the rear chambers () the boat is nosed up, with its rear part submerged and a load () may be brought closer, against the floor (), and then by emptying the ballast and re-inflating the chambers () the boat is set afloat, supporting the load ().