Kayak and other watercraft type storage system
OwnerDonna Larkininventor
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Abstract
A watercraft storage system for storing and securing one or more watercraft and other equipment used in conjunction with the watercraft. Securing of the watercraft in a storage location of the watercraft storage system, and the other equipment in a compartment associated with the storage location, is achieved, at least in part, by a moveable, e.g., rotational, arm structure associated with the storage location being in a locked position and the size of at least one dimension of the watercraft exceeding the size of a corresponding dimension of the storage location including the moveable arm structure.
Claims18
A system for securing watercraft comprising:
- a storage location configured to receive a watercraft;
- a movable arm structure positioned at one end of the storage location, the moveable arm structure configured to be selectively moved between a locked position and an opened position,
- wherein when the moveable arm structure is in the locked position, a dimension of the watercraft exceeding a corresponding dimension of the storage location including the moveable arm structure prevents removal of the watercraft from the storage location, and only when the moveable arm structure is in the opened position, is the watercraft removable from the storage location,
- wherein the dimension of the watercraft is a width of the watercraft and the corresponding dimension of the storage location including the rotatable arm structure is an opening in the rotatable arm structure.
A system for securing watercraft comprising:
- a plurality of tiers, wherein each of the plurality of tiers has multiple storage locations, and wherein each storage location is configured to receive a watercraft;
- a plurality of rotatable arm structures configured to be selectively rotated between a locked position and an opened position,
- wherein when a rotatable arm structure is in the locked position, a dimension of a watercraft, in a storage location, exceeding a corresponding dimension of that storage location including the rotatable arm structure prevents removal of the watercraft from that storage location, and only when the rotatable arm structure is in the opened position, is the watercraft removable from that storage location;
- wherein the dimension of the watercraft is a width of the watercraft and the corresponding dimension of the storage location including the rotatable arm structure is an opening in the rotatable arm structure;
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- one or more compartments, each associated with a corresponding storage location, wherein access to an interior of each of the one or more compartments is prevented by the presence of a watercraft in the corresponding storage location and the rotatable arm associated with that corresponding storage location being in the locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.