Flexible double walled skirt for ground effect vehicles

Claim 1

AN AMPHIBIOUS GROUND EFFECT VEHICLE COMPRISING FLEXIBLE WALLS FORMING DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED JETS, THE OPPOSED FLEXIBLE WALLS FORMING A FLEXIBLE JET SYSTEM DISPOSED CONNECTED AT SPACED INTERVALS BY CROSS-MEMBERS DISPOSED TO AVOID PRESENTING A SURFACE WHICH INDUCES THE BUILD UP OF WATER WITHIN THE JET ORIFICES, SAID CROSS-MEMBERS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED FLEXIBLE DIAPHRAGMS IN COMBINATION WITH DIAGONALLY DISPOSED FLEXIBLE DIAPHRAGMS ATTACHED TO AND PLACED BETWEEN SAID FLEXIBLE WALLS, THE LOWER EDGES OF SAID FLEXIBLE WALLS BEING CUT TO FORM STEPPED PORTIONS SUBSTANTIALLY ON THE LINE OF SAID VERTICAL DIAPHRAGMS, AND DIAGONAL DIAPHRAGMS BEING PLACED ACROSS THE OUTLETS OF THE SQUARE ORIFICES FORMED BY SAID VERTICAL DIAPHRAGMS AND SAID WALLS, AND ATTACHED AT THEIR END TO THE STEPPED PORTIONS ON EITHER WALL, SO THAT THE ANGLE FORMED BY SAID DIAGONAL DIAPHRAGMS AND SAID INNER WALL FORMS A LEADING EDGE.