Patents by Inventor Yann DERLET

Yann DERLET has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device for transporting an inflatable boat in operational configuration in a sling beneath a helicopter, and assembly comprising same
    Patent number: 10532799
    Abstract: The device includes a sling with four flexible support strands, including a pair of rear strands, each of which is attached by a bottom end to one of two lifting points provided in the lateral end portions of the transom stern, and a top end of which is linked to at least one attachment member, for engaging with a hook suspended beneath a helicopter, and two strands, each forming a loop capable of passing around the outer lower contours of the two lateral floats and beneath the keel of the boat, and of which each of the two ends is attached to the attachment member, one of the two looped strands, referred to as the “middle” strand, surrounding the boat at the central portion of the latter, and the other looped strand, referred to as the “front” strand, surrounding the boat at the bow of the boat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: ZODIAC MILPRO INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Marc Cassanas, Bruno Marion, Yann Derlet, Guillaume Lacoste
  • DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING AN INFLATABLE BOAT IN OPERATIONAL CONFIGURATION IN A SLING BENEATH A HELICOPTER, AND ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SAME
    Publication number: 20190337602
    Abstract: The device includes a sling with four flexible support strands, including a pair of rear strands, each of which is attached by a bottom end to one of two lifting points provided in the lateral end portions of the transom stern, and a top end of which is linked to at least one attachment member, for engaging with a hook suspended beneath a helicopter, and two strands, each forming a loop capable of passing around the outer lower contours of the two lateral floats and beneath the keel of the boat, and of which each of the two ends is attached to the attachment member, one of the two looped strands, referred to as the “middle” strand, surrounding the boat at the central portion of the latter, and the other looped strand, referred to as the “front” strand, surrounding the boat at the bow of the boat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Marc CASSANAS, Bruno MARION, Yann DERLET, Guillaume LACOSTE