Rigid slats supported underwater by floating inflated sacks

Abstract

A platform structure surrounded by water is disclosed. The platform structure is put together with rigid hollow tubes passing through recesses and internal passages of inflated sacks floating on the water surface, to support a series of rigid slats under the water. The series of slats comprise a firm and flat underwater platform in the middle of two or more inflated sacks floating on the water surface. The apparatus is specially designed to be disassembled and carried compactly on the trunk of an automobile, with the sacks deflated and the series of slats rolled up. The rigid hollow tubes which join together the sacks and the slats can also be separated from one another.

I claim as my invention:  
     
         1 . An assembly comprising at least two floating inflated sacks supporting at least one underwater platform; said inflated sacks having cushioned surfaces and said underwater platform having a rigid support structure; 
 wherein to enhance the stability in the water of the entire assembly as said underwater platform is used, and to protect as much as possible the users of said underwater platform from approaching watercrafts, said underwater platform is located at least partially in the middle of said inflated sacks with cushioned surfaces;    and wherein said cushioned surfaces of said inflated sacks allow the users of said underwater platform to relax as they stand on their feet with their upper bodies over the surface of the water, without fear of being hurt in case a sudden wave thrusts them against either one of said inflated sacks;    and wherein said inflated sacks provide underwater platform users cushioned and therefore comfortable platforms on which to crawl, sit, lie down and relax out of the water;    and wherein to further enhance the stability of said underwater platform, said underwater platform is supported by a rigid structure which extends all the way from said underwater platform to at least two of said inflated sacks.    
     
     
         2 . An assembly comprising at least two floating inflated sacks supporting at least one underwater platform; said inflated sacks having cushioned surfaces and said underwater platform having a top rigid surface and a rigid support structure; 
 wherein to enhance the stability in the water of the entire assembly as said underwater platform is used, and to protect as much as possible the users of said underwater platform from approaching watercrafts, said underwater platform is located at least partially in the middle of said inflated sacks having cushioned surfaces;    and wherein said cushioned surfaces of said inflated sacks allow the users of said underwater platform to relax as they stand on their feet with their upper bodies over the surface of the water, without fear of being hurt in case a sudden wave thrusts them against either one of said inflated sacks;    and wherein said inflated sacks provide underwater platform users cushioned and therefore comfortable platforms on which to crawl, sit, lie down and relax out of the water;    and wherein to further enhance the stability in the water of said underwater platform, said underwater platform is supported by a rigid structure which extends all the way from said underwater platform to at least two of said inflated sacks;    
     
     
         3 . An assembly comprising at least two floating inflated sacks supporting at least one underwater platform; said inflated sacks having cushioned surfaces and inner passages through which rigid longitudinal segments connect said underwater platform to said inflated sacks; 
 wherein to enhance the stability in the water of the entire assembly as said underwater platform is used, and to protect as much as possible the users of said underwater platform from approaching watercrafts, said underwater platform is located at least partially in the middle of said inflated sacks with cushioned surfaces;    and wherein said rigid longitudinal segments pass through said inner passages in said inflated sacks so that said cushioned surfaces are exposed as much as possible;    and wherein said cushioned surfaces of said inflated sacks allow the users of said underwater platform to relax as they stand on their feet with their upper bodies over the surface of the water, without fear of being hurt in case a sudden wave thrusts them against either one of said inflated sacks;    and wherein said inflated sacks provide underwater platform users cushioned and therefore comfortable platforms on which to crawl, sit, lie down and relax out of the water;    and wherein to further enhance the stability in the water of said underwater platform said rigid longitudinal segments extend all the way from said underwater platform to said inflated sacks.    
     
     
         4 . An assembly comprising at least two inflated sacks with cushioned surfaces to float on the surface of the water and support at least one underwater platform, having a rigid support structure extending all the way from said inflated sacks to said underwater platform, with means to move said underwater platform up and down; 
 and wherein to enhance the stability in the water of the entire assembly said underwater platform is supported at least partially in the middle of said inflated sacks.