US 12,305,418 B2
Inflatable product
Shuiyong Huang, Shanghai (CN); Qingshui Song, Shanghai (CN); Yunzhe Ban, Shanghai (CN); and Chenggen Liu, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP., Shanghai (CN)
Filed by BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP., Shanghai (CN)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/876,241.
Claims priority of application No. 202210458848.3 (CN), filed on Apr. 27, 2022; and application No. 202221006772.2 (CN), filed on Apr. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0349184 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. E04H 4/00 (2006.01); A47C 27/08 (2006.01); B63B 34/52 (2020.01)
CPC E04H 4/0025 (2013.01) [A47C 27/081 (2013.01); A47C 27/087 (2013.01); B63B 34/52 (2020.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. An inflatable product comprising:
a first wall;
a second wall opposite to the first wall;
an inflatable chamber defined between the first wall and the second wall;
a plurality of pairs of connecting members, each of the plurality of pairs of connecting members including:
a first connecting member, including:
a first covering layer welded to the first wall and including a first surface and a second surface; and
a first fiber layer attached to the first surface of the first covering layer of the first connecting member and disposed between the first wall and the first covering layer of the first connecting member; and
a second connecting member, including:
a first covering layer welded to the second wall and including a first surface and a second surface; and
a first fiber layer attached to the first surface of the first covering layer of the second connecting member and disposed between the second wall and the first covering layer of the second connecting member; and
a plurality of tensioning members disposed in the inflatable chamber,
each of the plurality of tensioning members connected to one of the plurality of pairs of connecting members and including a woven fabric having a first portion and a second portion,
wherein the first portion of the woven fabric one of the plurality of tensioning members is connected to the second surface of the first covering layer of the corresponding first connecting member and sewn to the first fiber layer of the corresponding first connecting member; and
the second portion of the woven fabric one of the plurality of tensioning members is connected to the second surface of the first covering layer of the corresponding second connecting member and sewn to the first fiber layer of the corresponding second connecting member.