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US 2016/0257378 A1Published application
Foldable canoe
AssigneeMy Canoe Co., Ltd.
InventorsKwang Suk Jin, Kyung Il Jung
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a foldable canoe. More particularly, the foldable canoe is configured such that it is constructed by folding a single synthetic resin sheet along a folding line without using a separate structural frame, and after the use of the canoe, the synthetic resin sheet can be completely folded along the folding line to form a compact shape, thus reducing the volume and length of the canoe, thereby facilitating transportation and storage of the canoe.
Claims9
A foldable canoe formed by folding a single synthetic resin sheet, the foldable canoe comprising:
- a folding line formed in a surface of the synthetic resin sheet, the folding line functioning as a living hinge enabling the synthetic resin sheet to be folded or unfolded to form a predetermined first, second, or third shape, wherein the first shape is a shape in which at least portion of the synthetic resin is unfolded in a planar shape, the second shape is an open-top canoe shape in which a side bottom panel, a bow part, and a stem part are formed without a deck horizontally covering left and right upper ends of the side bottom panel, and the third shape is a shape in which when a plurality of panel parts partitioned by the folding line are folded forward or rearward to be close to each other along the folding line according to a predetermined sequence, the synthetic resin sheet is folded in a hexahedral box shape;
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- a U-shaped removable rib installed to be brought into contact with an inner surface of the synthetic resin sheet in a lateral direction of the canoe when the synthetic resin sheet is formed in the second shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.