JPH11301588A - Fender combined with lifesaving float - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fender that is specially effective on a small boat or vessel by which occupants and the ship hull can be protected by absorbing a shock upon collision between ship hulls or between a ship hull and a pier, and which can serve as an emergency substitution of lifesaving float that is thrown to an occupant immediately after the person is fallen in the water. SOLUTION: A fender body 11 is a rectangular bag which consists of a pair of right/left bags and a pair of before/after bag portions. Through an opening at the center of the rectangle, the body of an occupant who has fallen in the water 4 can be inserted to be maintained there. The fender body 11 is tied to a ship hull 1 by a rope or towline 5 such that it is hung down on the outside plate when used as a fender. For use as a lifesaving float, the fender body 11 is provided with position check means at several appropriate places, for example an optical reflector 16. By diffusing the sunlight or moonlight with the optical reflector 16, the location of the fallen occupant 4 can be identified and this person can be saved early.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an occupant or hull by absorbing the impact of collisions between small boats, such as yacht cruisers, power boats and small fishing boats, or between ships, or when berthing or leaving a pier. The present invention relates to a buffer fender (fender) for protecting a fender from damage, and relates to a fender that can also be used as a lifebuoy for emergency administration to a person falling down.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a fender (Fender) has been used as one of the ship's armor for protecting the occupants as well as the damage to the ship's hull by buffering the collision between the hulls or the impact at the time of berthing on a pier or quay. ). Some of these fenders are mounted on the hull's hull, some are fixed on piers and quays, and others can be moved as needed.
Wood, cord, rubber, plastic, or the like is used as the material, and is generally formed in a round bar shape or a spherical shape.

[0003] On the other hand, it is obligatory to mount various kinds of life-saving equipment including life-saving bladders on ships. In small boats and small boats, life-saving bladders and the like are often stored in the cabin or the bottom of the boat, because the storage space of the onboard deck is limited.

[0004]

However, in the event of an emergency when an occupant falls from a hull while navigating, a quick emergency is desired.
As an emergency measure in such a rush, it is also appropriate to administer a lifesaving device on board to those who have fallen victim to water.

[0005] However, there is an inconvenience in that it takes a considerable amount of time and effort to pick up the lifebuoy stored in the cabin or the bottom of the ship on the deck and administer it to the victim who has fallen. In such an emergency, it would be convenient if the fender of the equipment could be administered on the deck or near the outskirts to provide a substitute for a lifebuoy. However, most of the conventional fenders float on water such as the sea surface because of the round bar shape or the spherical shape as described above, but they are insufficient in buoyancy and hard to hold in shape for those who suffer from falling water. For this reason, there is a problem that it is difficult to leave oneself safely.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is particularly effective for small boats and ships, and can minimize the impact at the time of a collision collision between hulls or a pier to protect the occupant's body or the hull from damage. In addition, it is an object of the present invention to provide a fender that can be immediately administered and used as a substitute for a life bladder, for an emergency occupant victim who has fallen in water.

[0007]

A fender that also serves as a life-saving bladder according to the present invention is formed into a rectangular bag shape having a pair of left and right bags and a pair of front and rear bags, and an opening at the center of the rectangle inserts and holds a torso of a human body. It has a fender body formed in a size that allows it to be hung on the hull with ropes or tow ropes and can be hung on the outboard side.Position recognition means are provided at appropriate places in several places. It is provided and configured.

[0008] With this configuration, when the hull is hung on the outboard side of the hull, the shock of contact with another ship or a pier quay is buffered to protect the occupant's body and the hull from damage. In addition, the fender body anchored by the drawstring is administered to the occupant who has fallen from the hull, and the occupant can float through his / her torso in the central opening of the rectangular bag-shaped fender body.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fender which also serves as a life-saving bladder, wherein the entire rectangular bag-like shape of the fender body is filled with air, and furthermore, the main portion of the rectangular bag-like foam becomes a float. The member is filled.

[0010] With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the accidental falling of water from occurring due to inadvertent bleeding of air during normal use as a fender, in case of an emergency in which a dropped water occurs. As a result, the foam member becomes a float and does not impair the function as a life-saving bladder.

In the fender of the present invention, a light reflecting mirror or a fluorescent member which can be attached to the fender body is used as the position recognizing means.

With this configuration, when used as a life-saving bladder for a falling water occupant, the position of the victim can be clearly grasped from the ship by irregular reflection of the light reflecting mirror due to sunlight or moonlight.

According to the present invention, by attaching at least one of an illuminating bullet, a smoke canister, and an alarm sound generating means such as a horn at an appropriate position of the fender main body as an accessory to the position recognizing means, the falling water occupant can receive the information. It is effective to clearly announce its position to the shipboard side using equipment.

[0014] On the other hand, in the fender according to claim 7, the fender body is formed in a rectangular bag shape large enough to be attached to a corner of a stern of a small boat.

[0015] Thereby, while the conventional fender uses a considerably large number of round bars or spheres around the hull hull, it can be equipped so as to wrap around the corner especially at the stern (stern). Therefore, it can be reduced by half as compared with the conventional number of installations.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a fender that also serves as a lifebuoy according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 are a side view showing an appearance of a hull of a power boat equipped with a fender 10 according to the present embodiment and a perspective view showing a single fender. Most of the hull (hull) 1 is made of reinforced plastic (FRP) using, for example, glass fiber as a main reinforcing material. Fenders 10 are arranged so as to be suspended at several places such as on both sides of the hull 1, on the bow (bow) and at the stern (stern).

For suspending the fender 10 to the outboard side, a clasp 2 called a cleat on a deck for tying a rope or a sheet is used. However, during normal navigation, the fender 10 is often stored on a deck in consideration of wind resistance and appearance.

Therefore, the fender 10 is formed in a unique shape as shown in FIG. The fender body 11 is a rectangular frame-shaped bag body as a whole. That is, a pair of cylindrical portions 12 are provided on both left and right sides of the rectangular bag body, and a pair of upper and lower connecting portions 13 are provided so as to be passed across the cylindrical portions 12.

The fender body 11 is formed into a rectangular bag with a suitable material such as a resin rubber material or cloth, and the inside is filled with air to a required pressure. In addition, such fender 10
There is an important use of the present invention which is used as a life-saving bladder in addition to the original use as a fender. Therefore, at the time of normal use, a foam material such as urethane foam or styrofoam is filled as a float in important portions of the rectangular bag so as not to impair the function of the life-saving bladder due to unexpected air escape.

Further, the cylindrical portions 12 on both sides of the fender body 11 are provided.
In this embodiment, hooks 14 are provided at both ends of the pillar, and the ropes 3 are connected to the hooks 14 so that the ropes 3 can be hung on the cleats 2 on the deck. Further, a pair of gripping arms 15 are provided on the cylindrical portions 12 on both sides so as to protrude in the horizontal direction, and when used as a lifesaving bladder to be described later, a person suffering from falling water can hold the pair of gripping arms 15.

Further, in the fender body 11, several suitable places on both the front side and the back side, for example, the cylindrical sections 1 on both sides.
A reflector 16 is provided on each of the front and back sides of No. 2 and the front and back sides of the upper and lower connecting portions 13 by sticking or the like. This reflector 1
6, a fender 10 is provided as a life-saving bladder when the fender 10 is administered and floated on the sea or the like, and is diffused and reflected.
The purpose of this is to enable the location of the ship to be clearly confirmed from the ship.

In order to obtain the effect of confirming the position of the fender 10, it is possible to use a fluorescent plate or a fluorescent material coated with a luminescent paint instead of the reflecting mirror 16. Or
Flashing or lit emergency signal lamps may also be effective, although their structure is complicated.

Next, an example of usage of the fender 10 according to the present embodiment having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 while referring to FIG.

In the case of an emergency where a collision with another ship is predicted during navigation at sea, or at the time of berthing on a pier, the fender 10 is hung at several places on the outer side of the hull 1 to buffer the impact and to reduce the impact on the occupant's body. And protect the hull from damage.

As shown in FIG. 1, the corner of the stern stern of the hull 1 is liable to come into contact especially when the pier is docked or when the pier is separated. Correspondingly, the fender 10 according to the present embodiment is a rectangular bag body, and is set so as to straddle the corner of the stern stern using one of the bags (indicated by reference numeral 10A in the figure). Thereby, the impact force at the time of contact at the corner of the stern stern can be effectively buffered.

According to such a usage, compared with the conventional number of fenders in the form of a round bar or a sphere, the fender 10 of the present embodiment requires only half the number of fenders, and has the advantage that it can be effectively buffered. is there.

On the other hand, when one of the occupants 4 encounters a waterfall accident from the hull 1 during marine navigation or the like, the fender 10 provided on the deck or on the outboard side immediately responds to the emergency. One or more are quickly administered to the occupant 4. To the dispensed fender 10, a lanyard 5 of an appropriate length is fixed from the hull 1.

The administered falling occupant 4 can catch the administered fender 10 and put his / her upper body into the central opening of the rectangular bag. Also, the falling water crew 4
By holding the gripping arms 15 provided on the cylindrical portions 12 on both sides of the fender body 11 with both hands of the user, the fender 10 can float on itself in an extremely stable posture.

In the meantime, another occupant on the ship can confirm the location of the distressed occupant 4 by the reflector 16 of the fender body 11 being irregularly reflected by the sunlight or moonlight between the waves or the searchlight from the ship. . Along with the confirmation of whereabouts, rescue the tow rope 5 from the ship.

In this embodiment, a structure in which a reflecting mirror 16 for position confirmation is provided on the fender body 11 is disclosed. However, if the structural problem or the manufacturing cost is within the allowable range, the falling water occupant 4 may use the fender 10
It is even more preferable that a facility capable of firing a lighting bullet or a smoke tube toward the hull 1 or generating an alarm sound is attached to the hull 1 after catching. Such bombs and audible alarms can be a more effective rescue tool for nighttime waterfalls.

[0032]

As described above, the fender that also serves as a lifebuoy according to the present invention is particularly effective for small boats and ships, and provides maximum buffering of the impact at the time of collision between hulls or piers. It can protect the occupant's body and hull from damage, and can be immediately administered to a crashed occupant victim who has fallen and can be used as a substitute for a lifebuoy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing the appearance of a small boat equipped with fenders that also function as life-saving bladders according to an embodiment of the present invention in several places of a hull.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a single fender according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a mode of rescuing a falling water occupant by using the fender of the present embodiment for a lifebuoy.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hull 2 Cleat 3 Hanging sheet 4 Falling water occupant 5 Rescue lanyard 10 Fender (fender) 15 Grasping arm when used as a lifebuoy 16 Reflector

Claims (7)

[Claims] A fender body formed in a rectangular bag shape having a pair of left and right and a pair of front and rear bags, and an opening at a center portion of the rectangle formed to have a size capable of inserting and holding a torso of a human body; The fender body is secured to the hull by ropes or tow ropes and can be hung on the outboard side.Position recognition means are provided at appropriate places in several places. Fender. 2. The fender body according to claim 1, wherein air is filled in the entire rectangular bag shape of the fender body, and a main part of the rectangular bag shape is further filled with a foam member serving as a float. A fender that also serves as a lifebuoy. 3. The lifebuoy according to claim 1, wherein each of the pair of left and right bags of the fender body is provided with an arm which can be held by a falling water occupant with both hands. Fender. 4. The pair of left and right bags constitute a main body of a floating body of the fender body, and the pair of front and rear bags are connecting portions connecting the left and right pairs of the main bodies of the fender horizontally. The fender which also serves as a lifebuoy according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. The fender according to claim 1, wherein the position recognizing means is a light reflecting mirror or a fluorescent member that can be attached to the fender body. 6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said position recognizing means includes at least one of an illumination bullet, a smoke canister, and an alarm sound generating means in addition to said light reflecting mirror or fluorescent member. A fender that also serves as a lifebuoy. 7. The lifesaving device according to claim 1, wherein the fender body is formed in a rectangular bag shape having a size that can be mounted over a corner of the stern of a small boat. A fender that doubles as a bladder.