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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7165505 | Integrated accessory for an inflatable apparatus Apparatus including an inflatable enclosure delimited by a flexible wall to which an accessory is secured. The wall has an opening defined by an edge to which a protruding reinforcement is secured; two rigid frames straddle the edge of the opening on each side of th... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7069874 | Davit-launched life raft Life raft (1) launched by davit (7) and comprising for this purpose hanging means (4, 5) able to be held in a hook (6) suspended from the davit (7), this raft (1) being fitted out with equipment comprising at least one load ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7004097 | Pneumatic boat equipped with a stabilizing flap Pneumatic boat (1) including two inflatable buoyancy chambers (2) extending at least on either side and kept spaced apart by a rigid bottom and by a rear panel (6), at least one stabilizing flap (15) being secured to the base of the rear ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000562 | Pneumatic boat arranged for the loading/unloading and transportation of floating loads A semi-rigid pneumatic boat (1) comprising: a rigid hull (2) defined by a rigid underwater hull (3) closed on the top by a rigid floor (4) and bordered on two sides by two pneumatic floats (5); a ballast (8) arranged in the ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6983715 | Inflatable boat having a detachable rigid hull An inflatable boat with a V-shaped hull comprising at least a central longitudinal strip 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 which comprise: at each... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6941887 | Boat with perimeter float, particularly a pneumatic life raft The boat is delimited around its perimeter by a float closed upon itself and comprising at least two superposed floating fender sections. The lower fender section is longer than the upper fender section and extends locally beyond the upper fender section towards the... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6869326 | Container for pneumatic inflatable life raft, and pneumatic inflatable life raft equipped with same A rigid container having a generally horizontal elongated and non-parallelepiped shape, for containing a pneumatic inflatable life raft in deflated and folded state, is detailed. The container may be formed by two respectively upper and lower mutually assembled half... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6494756 | Floating inflatable device, particularly an inflatable life raft, equipped with venturi inflation means A floating inflatable device which is to be able to be inflated on the surface of liquid and which for this purpose comprises inflation means including an on-board source of pressurized gas, wherein said inflation means comprise a venturi supplied by said... | 12/17/2002 |
