Title:
【発明の名称】帆本体及びその製造方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2003503262
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A sail body (3) includes first and second skin layers (40, 42), each skin layer having an outer film (22) at an outer side (34) and reinforcement elements (28, 30) at an inner side (36). The skin layers are laminated with the inner sides abutting to form the sail body. The skin layers are each made up of skin components (38) joined to other skin components of the same skin layer another along their aligned edges (43). The joined edges (44) of the first skin layer are offset from the joined edges of the second skin layer to strengthen the sail body. The sail body is preferably a three-dimensional molded sail body. The fibers or other reinforcement elements are preferable generally aligned with the expected load lines (32) of the sail body.
Inventors:
Baudet, Jean-Pierre
Application Number:
JP2001506910A
Publication Date:
January 28, 2003
Filing Date:
May 02, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Baudet, Jean-Pierre
International Classes:
B32B27/12; B63H9/06; D03D1/00; D03D9/00; D03D15/00; (IPC1-7): B63H9/06; D03D1/00; D03D9/00; D03D15/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shuichiro Kitamura