# US 11,305,845 B2 · Stand-up inflatable paddle board > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,305,845 B2 - Document ID: US11305845B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/965,708 - Filed: 2019-01-28 - Published: 2021-02-11 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-02 - Assignees: Red Paddle Co Limited - Applicants: Red Paddle Co Limited - Inventors: Philip Thomas Hawthorne - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11305845B2 ## CPC - B63B 32/51: Inflatable boards, e.g. drop-stitch inflatable boards - B63B 3/48: Decks (planking B63B5/06) - B63B 21/04: Fastening or guiding equipment for chains, ropes, hawsers, or the like {(means for fastening cables or ropes in general F16G11/00)} - B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06) ## Abstract A stand-up inflatable paddle board (2) comprising (i) a deck (4); (ii) a valve (6) for enabling the stand-up inflatable paddle board (2) to be inflated and deflated; (iii) indicator means (12) for indicating that the stand-up inflatable paddle board (2) requires at least one fold which is longitudinal when the stand-up inflatable paddle board (2) is to be placed in a deflated condition; and (iv) at least one deck pad (8, 10) which extends longitudinally of the deck (4) and which is for receiving a user of the stand-up inflatable paddle board (2), and the stand-up inflatable paddle board (2) being such that (v) the deck pad (8, 10) causes the stand-up inflatable paddle board to have a gap (14) which permits the fold to be effected about the gap (14). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A stand-up inflatable paddle board which is for a single user and which comprises: (i) a deck; (ii) a valve for enabling the stand-up inflatable paddle board to be inflated and deflated; (iii) indicator means for indicating that the stand-up inflatable paddle board requires at least one fold which is longitudinal when the stand-up inflatable paddle board is to be placed in a deflated condition; and (iv) at least one pair of deck pads for receiving the user of the stand-up inflatable paddle board, and wherein the deck pads extend longitudinally of the deck, and the stand-up inflatable paddle board being such that: (v) the deck has a top side and an underside; (vi) the top side and the underside are such that water cannot pass through the deck from the underside to the top side; (vii) the deck has a front portion which curves upwardly in use of the stand-up inflatable paddle board; and (viii) the deck pads are spaced apart by a longitudinal gap which permits the fold to be effected about the gap. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 in which there is one pair of the deck pads, and in which the gap extends along a longitudinal central axis of the stand-up inflatable paddle board. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 in which there are two pairs of the deck pads, and in which the two pairs of the deck pads are symmetrically disposed about a longitudinal central axis of the stand-up inflatable paddle board. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 in which the indicator means is on the deck. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 in which the gap is configured to form the indicator means. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 and including auxiliary indicator means which is on an underside of the stand-up inflatable paddle board in use of the stand-up inflatable paddle board. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 6 in which the indicator means is on a top side of the stand-up inflatable paddle board, and in which the auxiliary indicator means is on the underside of the stand-up inflatable paddle board and in line with the indicator means. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 and including at least one stiffening member for stiffening the stand-up inflatable paddle board when it is in an inflated condition for use. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 8 in which there is at least one of the stiffening members on a top side of the stand-up inflatable paddle board, and at least one of the stiffening members on an underside of the stand-up inflatable paddle board. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 8 in which there are at least two of the stiffening members positioned one on either side of the indicator means. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 10 in which there are the same number of stiffening members on the underside of the stand-up inflatable paddle board as there are on the top side of the stand-up inflatable paddle board. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 8 in which the or each stiffening member is made of a flexible material. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 in which the valve is positioned on a left side of the deck. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 in which the valve is positioned on a right side of the deck. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 and including anchor means on the deck for enabling goods to be secured on the deck. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 15 which the anchor means comprises a plurality of eyelets. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 in which the stand-up inflatable paddle board is made of a drop stitch material. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 and including at least one of a handle which is off-set from the fold and a pair of fins which are off-set from the fold.