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US2848725A
US2848725A US505660A US50566055A US2848725A US 2848725 A US2848725 A US 2848725A US 505660 A US505660 A US 505660A US 50566055 A US50566055 A US 50566055A US 2848725 A US2848725 A US 2848725A
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    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
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    • B63B59/00—Hull protection specially adapted for vessels; Cleaning devices specially adapted for vessels
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  • the present invention relates to new and useful improvements in safety attachments for boats constructed to provide an air chamber at the side of the boat to reduce the danger of capsizing or to keep the boat from sinking should it capsize, and also to form a bumper to prevent damage to the boat when docking.
  • An important object of the invention is to provide a substantially semicylindrical inflated rubber tube with casings or sleeves at its longitudinal edges and adapted to receive rigid strips therein for attaching the tube to the side of a boat to form a sponson for the boat.
  • Another object is to provide a safety device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is efficient and reliable in operation, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purpose for which the same is intended.
  • Figure 1 is a side elevational View
  • Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on a line 2-2 of Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 is a fragmentary enlarged group perspective view of the inflatable tube and showing the casings or sleeves for receiving the attaching strips.
  • the numeral 5 designates a substantially semicylindrical rubber tube having its ends 2 closed and adapted for inflating with air to a predetermined pressure in any conventional manner.
  • the tube is formed with a back 6 which projects beyond the upper and lower edges of the tube and shaped to provide longitudinally extending hollow casings or sleeves 7 and 8 adapted for inserting rigid attaching strips 9 thereon.
  • the tube is of suflicient length to extend horizontally substantially throughout the length of a small boat or canoe 10 for attaching on the outside thereof above the water line and adjacent the gunwale 11 by bolts and nuts or other suitable fasteners 12 inserted through the strips and fastened to the side of the boat.
  • the air chamber may include one or more inflatable tubes, one within the other.
  • the inflated rubber tube constitutes a sponson to keep the boat afloat should it capsize and also tends to reduce the danger of capsizing, as well as to serve as a splash rail for the boat, and as a bumper to prevent damage to the side thereof.
  • a safety device for boats comprising an elongated inflatable body, longitudinally extending flexible casings at the side edges of the body, rigid strips inserted in the casings, said casings conforming to the shape of said strips, and fastening means passing through the casings and strips for securing the body to the side of a boat.

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A118? 1958 'M. o. SLOULIN 2,848,725
SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR BOATS Filed May 3, 1955 Fig.
Milton 0. S/ou/in INVENTOR.
' BY arm yaw E M5 United States Paten SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR BOATS Milton 0. Sloulin, Maddock, N. Dak.
Application May 3, 1955, Serial No. 505,660
1 Claim. (Cl. 9-3) The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in safety attachments for boats constructed to provide an air chamber at the side of the boat to reduce the danger of capsizing or to keep the boat from sinking should it capsize, and also to form a bumper to prevent damage to the boat when docking.
An important object of the invention is to provide a substantially semicylindrical inflated rubber tube with casings or sleeves at its longitudinal edges and adapted to receive rigid strips therein for attaching the tube to the side of a boat to form a sponson for the boat.
Another object is to provide a safety device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is efficient and reliable in operation, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purpose for which the same is intended.
These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:
Figure 1 is a side elevational View;
Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on a line 2-2 of Figure 1; and
Figure 3 is a fragmentary enlarged group perspective view of the inflatable tube and showing the casings or sleeves for receiving the attaching strips.
Referring now to the drawing in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration, I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates a substantially semicylindrical rubber tube having its ends 2 closed and adapted for inflating with air to a predetermined pressure in any conventional manner.
The tube is formed with a back 6 which projects beyond the upper and lower edges of the tube and shaped to provide longitudinally extending hollow casings or sleeves 7 and 8 adapted for inserting rigid attaching strips 9 thereon.
The tube is of suflicient length to extend horizontally substantially throughout the length of a small boat or canoe 10 for attaching on the outside thereof above the water line and adjacent the gunwale 11 by bolts and nuts or other suitable fasteners 12 inserted through the strips and fastened to the side of the boat.
The air chamber may include one or more inflatable tubes, one within the other.
The inflated rubber tube constitutes a sponson to keep the boat afloat should it capsize and also tends to reduce the danger of capsizing, as well as to serve as a splash rail for the boat, and as a bumper to prevent damage to the side thereof.
The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation described and claimed, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.
What is claimed as new is as follows:
A safety device for boats comprising an elongated inflatable body, longitudinally extending flexible casings at the side edges of the body, rigid strips inserted in the casings, said casings conforming to the shape of said strips, and fastening means passing through the casings and strips for securing the body to the side of a boat.
References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,187,505 Tea Jan. 16, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS 2,794 Great Britain A. D. 1905 405,747 Great Britain Feb. 15, 1934 525,017 Great Britain Aug. 20, 1940 551,153 Great Britain Feb. 9, 1943 819,721 Germany Nov. 5, 1951
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Cited By (17)

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US3026839A (en) * 1960-08-22 1962-03-27 Clifford V Fridge Boats
US3109405A (en) * 1961-11-27 1963-11-05 Nusinoff Willy Boat bumper
US3169756A (en) * 1962-07-20 1965-02-16 Barberton Plastics Products In Pneumatic cushion
US3179397A (en) * 1962-11-26 1965-04-20 Dow Chemical Co Bumper
US3387582A (en) * 1966-05-06 1968-06-11 William R. Reeves Radio controlled fishing boat
US3411304A (en) * 1967-05-15 1968-11-19 Barberton Plastics Products In Dock fender
US3797435A (en) * 1971-10-27 1974-03-19 M Dunson Emergency floatation apparatus for watercraft
JPS4943997U (en) * 1972-07-24 1974-04-17
JPS5552499U (en) * 1978-10-04 1980-04-08
US4516943A (en) * 1981-06-17 1985-05-14 Robert Spieldiener Amusement ride raft
US4970980A (en) * 1989-06-26 1990-11-20 Eisner Nathan A Inflatable bumper system for water craft
US5095843A (en) * 1988-09-26 1992-03-17 Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha Storage and buoyancy device for small watercraft
US5215031A (en) * 1991-09-30 1993-06-01 Inman Arthur M Protect a boat
US5247897A (en) * 1991-06-05 1993-09-28 Pepp Dudley H Jacketed cushioning device and method of manufacture
US6041727A (en) * 1994-10-21 2000-03-28 Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha Sponson for watercraft
WO2002022438A3 (en) * 2000-09-12 2003-01-23 Honda Motor Co Ltd Sponson for watercraft
US20140202370A1 (en) * 2013-01-18 2014-07-24 Team Scarab, Inc. External inflatable drop stitch stability system for boats

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GB190502794A (en) * 1905-02-10 1905-10-05 Laurence Robinson Improvements in Life Boats.
GB405747A (en) * 1932-09-26 1934-02-15 Silent Channel Company Ltd Improvements in or relating to draught excluders and door buffers
US2187505A (en) * 1938-09-08 1940-01-16 Chrysler Corp Method of making a weather strip
GB525017A (en) * 1939-02-11 1940-08-20 Oswald Frederick Swanborough Improvements in or relating to protection fenders or the like
GB551153A (en) * 1942-06-03 1943-02-09 Clement John Peck Improvements relating to fenders for water-craft
DE819721C (en) * 1948-01-30 1951-11-05 Thomas John Robert Bright Device for protection against air as a seal and against impact as a buffer

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB190502794A (en) * 1905-02-10 1905-10-05 Laurence Robinson Improvements in Life Boats.
GB405747A (en) * 1932-09-26 1934-02-15 Silent Channel Company Ltd Improvements in or relating to draught excluders and door buffers
US2187505A (en) * 1938-09-08 1940-01-16 Chrysler Corp Method of making a weather strip
GB525017A (en) * 1939-02-11 1940-08-20 Oswald Frederick Swanborough Improvements in or relating to protection fenders or the like
GB551153A (en) * 1942-06-03 1943-02-09 Clement John Peck Improvements relating to fenders for water-craft
DE819721C (en) * 1948-01-30 1951-11-05 Thomas John Robert Bright Device for protection against air as a seal and against impact as a buffer

Cited By (18)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3026839A (en) * 1960-08-22 1962-03-27 Clifford V Fridge Boats
US3109405A (en) * 1961-11-27 1963-11-05 Nusinoff Willy Boat bumper
US3169756A (en) * 1962-07-20 1965-02-16 Barberton Plastics Products In Pneumatic cushion
US3179397A (en) * 1962-11-26 1965-04-20 Dow Chemical Co Bumper
US3387582A (en) * 1966-05-06 1968-06-11 William R. Reeves Radio controlled fishing boat
US3411304A (en) * 1967-05-15 1968-11-19 Barberton Plastics Products In Dock fender
US3797435A (en) * 1971-10-27 1974-03-19 M Dunson Emergency floatation apparatus for watercraft
JPS4943997U (en) * 1972-07-24 1974-04-17
JPS5552499U (en) * 1978-10-04 1980-04-08
US4516943A (en) * 1981-06-17 1985-05-14 Robert Spieldiener Amusement ride raft
US5095843A (en) * 1988-09-26 1992-03-17 Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha Storage and buoyancy device for small watercraft
US4970980A (en) * 1989-06-26 1990-11-20 Eisner Nathan A Inflatable bumper system for water craft
US5247897A (en) * 1991-06-05 1993-09-28 Pepp Dudley H Jacketed cushioning device and method of manufacture
US5215031A (en) * 1991-09-30 1993-06-01 Inman Arthur M Protect a boat
US6041727A (en) * 1994-10-21 2000-03-28 Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha Sponson for watercraft
WO2002022438A3 (en) * 2000-09-12 2003-01-23 Honda Motor Co Ltd Sponson for watercraft
US6675732B2 (en) 2000-09-12 2004-01-13 Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Sponson for watercraft
US20140202370A1 (en) * 2013-01-18 2014-07-24 Team Scarab, Inc. External inflatable drop stitch stability system for boats

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