INFLATABLE KAYAK Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC B63B7/08 

FIELD: ships and other floating facilities.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to small-scale shipbuilding and can be used in inflatable collapsible vessels, mainly in inflatable kayaks with rower boarding from above, on its deck. Body of the inflatable kayak is made in the form of a flexible sealed shell, the central part of which is flattened by means of flexible tightening elements. Inside this shell, outside the said central flattened part, directly at its fore or aft end or at both of these extremities, respectively, one or two rigid spacers are fixed, which expand the shell in vertical direction.

EFFECT: improved ship performances, especially in rough conditions.

8 cl, 5 dwg