Folding pontoon raft frame
OwnerJohn Chaneyinventor
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Abstract
A pontoon raft frame made of mirror-image right side and left side tubular sections that are connectable to form a rectangular pontoon raft with a front opening in the raft frame for the seated user's legs to fit. Each tubular section is made of a J shaped assembly hinged to a C shaped assembly, that when connected to form the raft frame, can be placed atop of and strapped to a pair of air bladder pontoons by a set of pontoon cradles extending from the inside and outside of the J and C shaped assemblies. A folding seat is slidingly adjustable along a set of seat rails across the joined C shaped assemblies. The design allows for expansion as the assembled raft frame can be connected with other identical pontoon raft frames in a linear fashion and coupled to longer air bladder pontoons.
Claims7
A folding pontoon raft frame, comprising:
- a right-side section comprised of a first front planar, J shaped member hingedly connected to a first rear planar C shaped member;
- a left-side section comprised of a second front planar, J shaped member hingedly connected to a second rear planar C shaped member and wherein said left-side section is a mirror image configuration of said right-side section;
- at least three tube plugs, two of which are frictional engageable between said first rear planar C shaped member and said second rear planar C shaped member, and one of which is engageable between said first front planar, J shaped member and said second front planar, J shaped member;
- at least three locking pins, two engageable with two of said three tube plugs and said rear planar C shaped members, and one engageable with one of said three tube plugs and said front planar J shaped members;
- a pontoon tube cradle from a set of four pontoon tube cradles, each one attached to either one of said C shaped members or one of said J shaped members;
- a flexible, cinchable belt extending from each of said pontoon tube cradles;
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- wherein said raft frame has a centerline that separates said right-side section from said left-side section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.