Platform carrying system on a raft made of pipes

The submerged hollow plastic tube raft design with a wooden profile support structure addresses wave-induced instability, ensuring stability and minimizing splash, contrasting with conventional watercraft.

DE102023004181A1Inactive Publication Date: 2025-04-17TIEDTKE HANS UWE
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Application Number
DE102023004181
Authority / Receiving Office
DE · DE
Patent Type
Applications
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2023-10-17
Publication Date
2025-04-17
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Technical Problem

Existing watercraft designs experience instability due to wave impact on their sides, leading to heeling, while conventional rafts with sides above the water surface are prone to wave splash and instability.

Method used

A raft design featuring hollow plastic tubes submerged below the water surface with a platform supported by a wooden profile structure, eliminating side contact with waves and ensuring stability by design.

Benefits of technology

The raft maintains calmness on water by preventing wave impact on its sides, providing stability and reducing splash, unlike traditional watercraft.

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Abstract

All watercraft are exposed to all types of waves because the waves always crash against the sides of the boat and can cause the vessel to capsize. Many people get seasick even from slight rocking on board. This effect can be significantly reduced with a raft, where a platform is installed high above the raft, above the waves. The tubes, which are deep in the water, are washed over by waves without hitting the sides of the boat, because there are no sides. The waves always splash under the platform without touching it. This makes it possible to build floating houses on the water
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Description

[0001] With all watercraft, waves always hit the sides and cause the ship to heel. With this raft construction, the hollow plastic tubes are pushed so far below the water surface by the overall weight of the construction that the waves only protrude slightly above the water. The waves splash over the tubes under the platform without touching the platform. They cannot hit any side because there is no platform at this height above the water. The difference to all other watercraft is that all watercraft have sides that are in the water against which waves hit. This raft, which lies deep in the water, will remain calm on the water even if the widely spaced raft tubes are washed over because there are no sides at wave height. This is the difference to all other watercraft.

[0002] A supporting structure made of wooden profiles Fig. on average and Fig. in the floor plan is attached to empty plastic pipes (1) floating on the water. Two or more plastic pipes form a raft, on which the supporting structure carries a platform (5) on which lightweight houses, caravans or tents can be placed. A bracket structure made of profiles (3) is connected to a weight-bearing element (2) adapted to the pipe diameter. It carries a beam (4) which firmly connects profile (3) to beam (4). The length of the support profiles (3) determines the height of the platform above the raft. A beam (4) connects all the supporting structures across the entire width of the raft, on which the platform (5) lies.

Claims

[1] Structural design characterized by that hollow plastic pipes Fig. 1 form a raft. [2] Structural design characterized by that the element (2) with a round cutout adapted to the pipe diameter takes up the weight of the platform. [3] characterized by that the pipe diameter is variable and is always determined according to the weight to be carried. [4] Structural design characterized by that the height of the platform (5) above the raft Fig. is variable due to the length of the supports (3). [5] Structural design characterized by that the beams(4) Fig. and Fig. connects all the pipes together to form a raft.