A marine vessel having a door incorporated into a hull of the vessel, the marine vessel comprising a hull, a door opening provided in the hull and extending between an exterior surface of the hull and an area within the hull, and a door, wherein the door is hingedly mounted to the hull within the door opening by a hinge mechanism having a hinge axis which extends laterally across the door between opposite sides of the door, the door being pivotally movable about the hinge axis between a closed position in which a periphery of the door is surrounded by a door frame of the door opening and an open position in which the door is in a substantially horizontal orientation and extends outwardly away from the exterior surface of the hull, wherein the hinge mechanism has first and second hinge elements extending outwardly from respective opposite sides of the door into respective hinge mounts within the hull, an inner face of the door has a pair of sockets with open ends oriented towards the inner face of the door, each socket being located in the vicinity of both an upper or lower edge of the door and a respective one of the opposite sides of the door, and a pair of retractable pin mechanisms fitted to the hull, each retractable pin mechanism comprising a pin, which is movable within a housing fitted to the door frame, between a retracted position, in which the pin is located substantially within the door frame, and an extended position, in which the pin extends forwardly from the door frame in a transverse direction oriented towards the exterior surface of the hull and, when the door is in the closed position, is received within a respective socket to form a structural load-bearing assembly therebetween, and an actuator mechanism for moving the pins between the retracted and extended positions.
MARINE VESSEL HAVING A HULL INCORPORATING A DOOR
SCHIFF MIT EINEM RUMPF MIT EINER TÜR
NAVIRE POSSÉDANT UNE COQUE INTÉGRANT UNE PORTE
2020-05-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS |