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US 2006/0131834 A1Published application
Kayak carrier
AssigneeOnEdge Kayak Systems, LLC
InventorsSammy Larsen, Vicki Galloup
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Abstract
A kayak carrier with a pair of spaced horizontal supports having open-topped hull supports defining essentially continuous curved surfaces that permit the edge of a kayak to be inserted easily and to naturally rotate into a locking position. In the preferred form the kayak carrier has two spaced horizontal rack members with aligned hull supports, the rack members being adapted to be removably mounted in the side-rail sockets of a standard utility trailer.
Claims14
A kayak carrier comprising:
- a rigid horizontal rack member adapted to be mounted crosswise on an automotive transport platform, the horizontal rack member comprising a hull support comprising a rigid, essentially continuous curved hull-engaging surface with a longer, shallower entry portion, an off-center trough, and a shorter, more steeply curved hull-locking portion that reverses direction back in toward the trough to overlie a top portion of a kayak hull held at an acute angle in the hull support, such that a kayak hull inserted into the hull support in a generally edgewise orientation is capable of being smoothly rotated on the hull-engaging surface down into the trough portion and rotationally locked at an acute angle against the hull-locking portion.
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