Invention Application
- Patent Title: VALVE STRUCTURE, BLADDER, AND HULL PORTION FOR INFLATABLE BOATS
- Patent Title (中): 阀门结构,叶片和船体可充气船
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Application No.: US11608749Application Date: 2006-12-08
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Publication No.: US20070079745A1Publication Date: 2007-04-12
- Inventor: Dale Polley , David Hotz , Russell Taylor
- Applicant: Dale Polley , David Hotz , Russell Taylor
- Main IPC: B63B7/00
- IPC: B63B7/00

Abstract:
A valve structure includes a valve body on which is mounted a first valve and a second valve. The first valve traverses the valve body at a first position and the second valve traverses the valve body at a second position spaced apart from the first position. The first valve may comprise a fill valve and the second valve may comprise a pressure relief valve. Alternatively, a single valve structure may incorporate both the fill and pressure relief functions. The valve structure may be incorporated with a bladder made of a flexible and elastic material. In this arrangement, the valve body is positioned in a valve receiving opening in the bladder material and is sealed to the bladder material around the periphery of the valve receiving opening so as to define a sealed bladder interior with the bladder material. Such a valve and bladder combination may be used together with a hull tube to form a portion of an inflatable hull for a boat.
Public/Granted literature
- US07275494B2 Valve structure, bladder, and hull portion for inflatable boats Public/Granted day:2007-10-02
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