Transportable folding boat structure
OwnerAaron Kiellerupinventor
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Abstract
There is provided a folding boat structure for facilitating transportation, the structure comprising: a central structure having a fixed primary hull; outrigging supporting at least one secondary hull structure having a secondary hull to the central structure, wherein: the outrigging is double hinged so as to be user configurable in a deployed configuration and a stowed configuration and wherein: in the deployed configuration, the at least one secondary hull is located laterally adjacent the main hull and downwardly orientated; and in the stowed configuration, the at least one secondary hull is located above the main hull and upwardly orientated.
Claims19
A folding boat structure for facilitating transportation, the structure comprising:
- a central structure having a fixed primary hull;
- outrigging supporting at least one secondary hull structure having a secondary hull to the central structure, wherein:
- the outrigging is double hinged so as to be user configurable in a deployed configuration and a stowed configuration and wherein:
- in the deployed configuration, the at least one secondary hull is located laterally adjacent the primary hull and downwardly orientated;
- and
- in the stowed configuration, the at least one secondary hull is located above the primary hull and upwardly orientated;
- and wherein
- the boat structure further comprises at least one railing fixed to the secondary hull structure, and wherein, in the stowed configuration, the railing is configured for bearing against a beam so as to limit the travel of the secondary hull structure with respect to the beam at an approximate right angle.
A folding boat structure for facilitating transportation, the structure comprising:
- a central structure having a fixed primary hull;
- outrigging supporting at least one secondary hull structure having a secondary hull to the central structure, wherein:
- the outrigging is double hinged so as to be user configurable in a deployed configuration and a stowed configuration;
- and
- a winch system to transition the structure between the deployed and stowed configurations, wherein:
- in the deployed configuration, the at least one secondary hull is located laterally adjacent the primary hull and downwardly orientated;
- and
- in the stowed configuration, the at least one secondary hull is located above the primary hull and upwardly orientated.
A folding boat structure for facilitating transportation, the structure comprising:
- a central structure having a fixed primary hull;
- outrigging supporting at least one secondary hull structure having a secondary hull to the central structure, wherein:
- the outrigging is double hinged so as to be user configurable in a deployed configuration and a stowed configuration;
- and
- a compartmentalising framework compartmentalising a deck into a plurality of rooms and wherein, in the stowed configuration, the secondary hull structure is configured for resting upon the compartmentalising framework, and wherein:
- in the deployed configuration, the at least one secondary hull is located laterally adjacent the primary hull and downwardly orientated;
- and
- in the stowed configuration, the at least one secondary hull is located above the primary hull and upwardly orientated.
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