IMPROVEMENTS TO A RAFT AND A METHOD OF ERECTING

THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO IMPROVEMENTS TO A RAFT USED FOR TRANSPORTING PERSONS OR THINGS VIA WATER. THE IMPROVED RAFT (10) ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT INVENTION COMPRISES OF A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY DISPLACED, EQUIDISTANT MAIN FRAMEWORK MEMBERS (12), A PLURALITY OF SECONDARY FRAMEWORK MEMBERS (14) AND A PLURALITY OF FLOATING MEMBERS (16). EACH OF SAID MAIN FRAMEWORK MEMBER (12) INCLUDES A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED RIGID MEMBERS (18A, 18B, 18C, 18D, 18E, 18F) INTERCONNECTED TO FORM AT LEAST A TRAPEZOID SHAPED MAIN FRAMEWORK MEMBER (12) AND WHEREIN AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF MAIN FRAMEWORK MEMBERS (12) IS REQUIRED TO FORM A DECK. DISPOSED WITHIN THE PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY DISPLACED MAIN FRAMEWORK MEMBERS (12), IS A PAIR OF FLOATING MEMBERS (16), THE SECONDARY FRAMEWORK MEMBERS ARE (14) ARE INTRODUCED INTO THE TRAPEZOID LIKE MAIN FRAMEWORK MEMBER, (12) TO SECURE THE FLOATING MEMBERS (16) IN POSITION AND TO RIGIDLY INTERCONNECT THE PLURALITY OF TRAPEZOIDAL FRAMEWORK MEMBERS (12).