Low cost boat enclosure
AssigneeTaylor Made Group, LLC
InventorsRobert R. Shearer, Dennis J. Parniske
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Abstract
A portable boat enclosure includes a plurality of separable panels formed of a lightweight material and a storage bag. The panels are connectable into a boat enclosure, and the panels are sized and shaped to be overlaid, folded and rolled to fit in the storage bag.
Claims15
A portable boat enclosure comprising:
- a front panel;
- a rear panel separated from the front panel;
- and
- two side panels separated from each other and from the front and rear panels,
- wherein the front panel and the rear panel include panel connectors for attachment to the side panels, and wherein at least the front panel and the rear panel include boat connectors for attachment to a boat.
A portable boat enclosure comprising a plurality of selectively separable panels formed of a canvas material and a storage bag, wherein the panels are connectable into a boat enclosure, and wherein the panels are sized and shaped to be overlaid, folded and rolled to fit in the storage bag.
A method of storing a portable boat enclosure into a storage bag, the portable boat enclosure including a front panel, a rear panel, and two side panels, each of the front panel, the rear panel and the side panels including a window, the method comprising:
- (a) with the rear panel on a flat surface, overlaying the front panel on the rear panel with a bottom of the front panel window aligned with a bottom of the rear panel window;
- (b) overlaying the side panels on the front panel with a bottom of the side panel windows aligned with the bottom of the front panel window;
- (c) folding the overlaid panels along a line defined by the aligned bottoms of the respective windows;
- (d) folding the overlaid panels by a width corresponding to a width of the respective windows in succession until a width of the folded overlaid panels substantially corresponds to the width of the respective windows;
- (e) rolling the overlaid and folded panels in a direction opposite from a folding direction in steps (c) and (d);
- and
- (f) inserting the overlaid, folded and rolled panels into the storage bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.