Folding, hard sided boat
OwnerDon A. Oldhaminventor
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Abstract
A method of stowing a boat is disclosed. The boat may include three hull segments, namely a first hull segment, a second hull segment, and a third hull segment. The third hull segment may form the bow of the boat. The method may include separating the third hull segment from the other hull segments. Thereafter, one of the first hull segment and the second hull segment may be pivoted and inverted over onto the other such that the first hull segment and the second hull segment collectively form a clamshell enclosure. The relative sizing of the first, second, and third hull segments may be such that the third hull segment may be stored within an interior volume of the enclosure.
Claims20
A method of stowing a boat, the method comprising:
- obtaining a boat in a deployed configuration comprising
- a first hull segment having a flat bottom with corrugations extending in a first direction, the first hull segment defining a first interior cavity having a first volume,
- a second hull segment having a flat bottom with corrugations extending in the first direction, the second hull segment defining a second interior cavity having a second volume,
- a third hull segment having a flat bottom with corrugations extending in the first direction, the third hull segment forming a bow of the boat,
- the first, second, and third hull segments being positioned with respect to one another such that the corrugations of the third hull segment align with the corrugations of the second hull segment and the corrugations of the second hull segment align with the corrugations of the first hull segment,
- a first securement mechanism connecting a front of the first hull segment to a back of the second full segment, and
- a second securement mechanism connecting the front of the second hull segment to a back of the third hull segment;
- releasing the second securement mechanism;
- separating the third hull segment from the second hull segment;
- inverting one of the first hull segment and the second hull segment over onto the other such that the first hull segment and the second hull segment collectively form an enclosure having an interior volume comprising the first volume and the second volume;
- capturing, with the inverting, the third hull segment within the interior volume of the enclosure.
A method of stowing a boat, the method comprising:
- obtaining a boat in a deployed configuration comprising
- a stern segment,
- an intermediate segment pivotably connected to the stern segment,
- a bow segment,
- a first pontoon comprising multiple hull segments rigged and spaced outboard of a first side of the stern segment, and
- a second pontoon comprising multiple hull segments rigged and spaced outboard of a second side of the stern segment;
- separating the bow segment from the intermediate segment;
- nesting one or more of the multiple hull segments of the first and second pontoons within one or more others of the multiple hull segments of the first and second pontoons;
- pivoting one of the stern segment and the intermediate segment over onto the other such that the stern segment and the intermediate segment collectively form an enclosure;
- and
- capturing, with the pivoting, the bow segment and the multiple hull segments of the first and second pontoons within the enclosure.
A method of stowing a boat, the method comprising:
- obtaining a boat in a deployed configuration comprising
- a stern segment having a flat bottom,
- an intermediate segment pivotably connected to the stern segment, the intermediate segment having a flat bottom,
- a bow segment having a flat bottom,
- a first pontoon comprising multiple hull segments rigged and spaced outboard of a first side of the stern segment, and
- a second pontoon comprising multiple hull segments rigged and spaced outboard of a second side of the stern segment;
- separating the bow segment from the intermediate segment;
- detaching the first and second pontoons from the rest of the boat;
- nesting one or more of the multiple hull segments of the first and second pontoons within one or more others of the multiple hull segments of the first and second pontoons;
- pivoting one of the stern segment and the intermediate segment over onto the other such that the stern segment and the intermediate segment collectively form an enclosure;
- and
- capturing, with the pivoting, the bow segment and the multiple hull segments of the first and second pontoons within the enclosure.
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