US 12,565,293 B1Granted

Hinge assemblies for reconfigurable watercraft

AssigneeSummit Applied Technologies, Inc.

InventorsStefan Schacht, Timothy A. Niemier

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Abstract

A hinge assembly for a reconfigurable watercraft having a latch support member, a striker member, a pivot member, and a latch member. The pivot member is arranged such that the striker member may rotate about a pivot axis relative to the latch support member. The latch member is supported by the latch support member for movement along a latch axis between a retracted position and an extended position. When the hinge assembly is in the open configuration and the latch member is in the extended position, the striker member engages the latch member to inhibit movement of the hinge assembly from the open configuration to the closed configuration. When the latch member is in the retracted position, the latch member is disengaged from the striker member such that the hinge assembly may be moved between the open configuration and the closed configuration.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A hinge assembly for use with a reconfigurable watercraft comprising at least first and second watercraft sections, the hinge assembly comprising:

a latch support member supported by the first watercraft section;
a striker member supported by the second watercraft section;
a pivot member arranged relative to the latch support member and the striker member such that the striker member may rotate about a pivot axis relative to the latch support member to allow the hinge assembly to be arranged in an open configuration and in a closed configuration;
and
a latch member supported by the latch support member for movement along a latch axis between a retracted position and an extended position;
wherein
when the hinge assembly is in the open configuration and the latch member is in the extended position, the striker member engages the latch member to inhibit movement of the hinge assembly from the open configuration to the closed configuration;
and
when the latch member is in the retracted position, the latch member is disengaged from the striker member such that the hinge assembly may be moved between the open configuration and the closed configuration.

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A hinge assembly for use with a reconfigurable watercraft comprising at least first and second watercraft sections, the hinge assembly comprising:

a latch support assembly rigidly connected to the first watercraft section, the latch support assembly comprising a first latch support member and a second latch support member;
a striker assembly rigidly connected to the second watercraft section, the latch support assembly comprising a first striker member and a second striker member;
a pivot assembly comprising a pivot member pivotably connected to the first latch support member and the first striker member such that the striker assembly may rotate about a pivot axis relative to the latch support assembly to allow the hinge assembly to be arranged in an open configuration and in a closed configuration;
and
a latch assembly comprising a latch member, where the latch assembly is supported by the latch support assembly such that the latch member is movable along a latch axis between a retracted position and an extended position;
wherein
when the hinge assembly is in the open configuration and the latch member is in the extended position, the latch member engages the second striker member to inhibit movement of the hinge assembly from the open configuration to the closed configuration;
and
when the latch member is in the retracted position, the latch member is disengaged from the second striker member such that the hinge assembly may be moved between the open configuration and the closed configuration.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.