Double-chamber inflatable kayak
A double-chambers inflatable kayak, including an upper chamber and a lower chamber which are fixedly connected to each other by a connecting portion and between which a cavity is formed, wherein the upper chamber includes a cockpit hole and a first air valve provided on the surface, the cockpit hole being in communication with the cavity, and the first air valve being used to inflate and deflate the upper chamber, and wherein the lower chamber includes a second air valve which is used to inflate and deflate the lower chamber.
1. A kayak, comprising:
an upper chamber that includes a cockpit hole, and a first air valve; and
a lower chamber that includes a second air valve, the lower chamber having a main body that includes a flexible upper side and a flexible lower side connected via a dense arrangement of filaments, wherein the lower chamber is connected to the upper chamber.
2. The kayak of claim 1 , wherein the first air valve is configured for inflating and deflating the upper chamber, and the second air valve is configured for inflating and deflating the lower chamber.
3. The kayak of claim 1 , wherein the lower chamber is connected to the upper chamber via a connecting portion comprising a connecting layer and a first sealing strip, the connecting layer being arranged at an inner edge between the upper chamber and the lower chamber to fixedly connect the upper chamber and the lower chamber, wherein
the first sealing strip is fixedly connected to an outer portion of the upper chamber and the lower chamber, and fixedly surrounds an outside of the upper chamber and the lower chamber.
4. The kayak of claim 3 , wherein the connecting layer comprises a PVC sheet, the connecting layer having a width between approximately 2 to approximately 10 cm.
5. The kayak of claim 3 , wherein the connecting layer comprises an upper layer and a lower layer coupled via a stitched thread and glue.
6. The kayak of claim 5 , wherein the stitched thread comprises nylon thread, and the glue comprises polyurethane glue.
7. The kayak of claim 1 , wherein the upper chamber comprises:
an upper chamber main body;
a second sealing strip;
a plurality of third sealing strips; and
a first air chamber.
8. The kayak of claim 7 , wherein an outer portion of the upper chamber main body is fixedly connected with the third sealing strips, an outer portion of the cockpit hole is fixedly connected with the second sealing strip; and wherein the upper chamber main body, the second sealing strip and the plurality of third sealing strips encloses the first air chamber; and the first air valve is in communication with the first air chamber; and
the lower chamber comprises a lower chamber main body, a fourth sealing strip and a second air chamber; outside of the lower chamber main body is fixedly connected with the fourth sealing strip; the lower chamber main body and the fourth sealing strip enclose the second air chamber; and the second air valve is in communication with the second air chamber.
9. The kayak of claim 8 , wherein the upper chamber main body and the lower chamber main body comprise wiredrawing pads, and wherein:
upper and lower sides of the wiredrawing pads comprise soft plastic;
dense and free filaments of a fixed length are disposed in a middle portion of the wiredrawing pads, and wherein the filaments connect the upper side and the lower side, and are sealed from the outside.
10. The kayak of claim 9 , wherein after inflation, the filaments provide an overall air pressure resistance.
11. The kayak of claim 1 , wherein the upper chamber has a convex portion after inflation, and a plurality of fifth sealing strips are fixedly connected to an outmost layer of the convex portion of the upper chamber.
12. The kayak of claim 1 , wherein the upper chamber has an inverted V-shaped structure including a first side and a second side, an angle between the first side and the second side is between approximately 160 to approximately 175 degrees.
13. The kayak of claim 1 , wherein the upper chamber comprises a first side, a second side, and a third side, and a first angle between the first side and the third side, and a second angle between the second side and the third side are between approximately 140 to approximately 160 degrees.
14. The kayak of claim 1 , wherein the lower chamber has a flat or concave structure after inflation.
15. The kayak of claim 9 , wherein the lower chamber has a concave shape, an outmost layer of a concave portion of the lower chamber is fixedly connected with a plurality of sixth sealing strips.
16. The kayak of claim 1 , wherein the lower chamber comprises an upright V-shaped structure including a first bottom side and a second bottom side, an angle between the first bottom side and the second bottom side is between approximately 160 to approximately 175 degrees.
17. The kayak of claim 1 , wherein the lower chamber comprises an inverted concave structure including a first bottom side, a second bottom side and a third bottom side, and wherein a first angle between the first bottom side and the third bottom side, and a second angle between the second bottom side and the third bottom side are between approximately 140 to approximately 160 degrees.
18. The kayak of claim 1 , wherein the flexible upper side and the flexible lower side are made of a soft plastic.
19. The kayak of claim 1 , wherein the flexible upper side and the flexible lower side are part of a drop-stitched pad.
20. The kayak of claim 1 , further comprising a cavity between the upper chamber and the lower chamber, wherein, the cockpit hole is in communication with the cavity.