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US 12,134,444 B2Granted
Convertible backpack kayak
OwnerAvery Jenkinsinventor
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Abstract
A kayak has a front hull portion and a back hull portion. The front hull portion has a front engagement portion. The back hull portion has a back engagement portion that mates in an assembled state with the front engagement portion to form a passenger cockpit. At least one latch is engageable between the front and the back hull portions in the assembled state. A substantial portion of the rotated front hull portion fits within the back hull portion in a stowed state.
Claims9
A kayak comprising:
- a front hull portion having a front engagement portion;
- a back hull portion having a back engagement portion that mates in an assembled state with the front engagement portion to form a passenger cockpit, wherein a bottom surface of the back hull portion comprises left and right backpack strap fixtures and a centrally aligned head recess;
- at least one cockpit latch engageable between the front and the back hull portions in the assembled state,
- wherein a substantial portion of the rotated front hull portion fits within the back hull portion in a stowed state.
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A method comprising:
- unlatching one or more cockpit latches that retain a front engagement portion of a front hull portion of a two-piece kayak in watertight engagement with a back engagement portion of a back hull portion of the two-piece kayak;
- separating the front and the back hull portion to a disassembled state;
- rotating the front hull portion;
- inserting the front hull portion substantially into the back hull portion;
- attaching a stow latch between the front and the back hull portions to maintain the two-piece kayak in a stowed state;
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- attaching backpack straps to left and right backpack strap fixtures on a bottom surface of the back hull portion that has a centrally aligned head recess facilitating carrying of the two-piece kayak.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.