Collapsible watercraft
AssigneeOru Kayak, Inc.
InventorAnton Michael Willis
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Abstract
A collapsible kayak may include a single-piece hull including a plurality of crease lines along which the hull is foldable. A removable floorboard lines a midship portion of the hull between a bow portion and a stern portion, the floorboard including a seat assembly and configured to be releasably retained by a pair of outboard walls permanently fixed at port and starboard sides of the cockpit. The stern portion of the hull is permanently folded in a V-shaped (AKA swallowtail) configuration to form a closed transom of the kayak. The bow, stern, and midship portions are configured as a tri-fold, such that the bow portion and the stern portion of the kayak are foldable toward each other to overlap the midship portion of the hull when collapsed.
Claims20
A collapsible kayak, comprising:
- a continuous sheet forming a hull having a bow portion, a midship portion, and a stern portion, the hull including a plurality of living hinges along which the hull is foldable, at least one of the living hinges of the hull having a fore-and-aft orientation in the midship portion;
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- a removable floorboard disposed in the midship portion of the hull, the floorboard being configured to fold only at one or more creases oriented in respective athwartships directions.
A collapsible kayak, comprising:
- a continuous sheet forming a single-piece hull having a bow portion, a midship portion, and a stern portion, the hull including a plurality of crease lines along which the hull is foldable, at least one of the crease lines of the hull having a longitudinal orientation;
- and a foldable floorboard disposed in the midship portion of the hull, the floorboard being configured to fold only at one or more creases oriented in respective athwartships directions;
- wherein the foldable floorboard extends across an entire width of a floor of the hull, such that the foldable floorboard is configured to oppose inward collapsing of the midship portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.