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US 2020/0346716 A1Published application
Portable watercraft
OwnerPaul M. Riversinventor
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Abstract
An easily assembled highly portable watercraft comprising a modular boat system that seats one or more operators and is comprised of four or more pontoons connected to downward-sloping diagonally-placed outrigger beams with attached stiffeners connecting to a bridge-deck. The portable watercraft can be rowed, poled, propelled by fins or propellers, and sailed, for example, by an operator situated on the bridge-deck. The pontoons, outriggers, bridge-deck, and other aspects are easily interchangeable to conform to numerous configurations making a custom watercraft that is tailorable to varying water conditions.
Claims21
A modular boat system, comprising:
- (i) at least four pontoons each comprising a top side and a hull,
- (ii) at least four outriggers, wherein each outrigger is reversibly attachable to the top side each of the at least four pontoons,
- (iii) a bridge that is reversibly attachable to each of the at least four outriggers and comprises a compartment and a deck, wherein the deck is at least 2 foot by 4 foot in size, wherein the deck is on a bottom side of the bridge and the compartment is above the deck and within the bridge, and
- (iv) at least two outrigger stiffeners, wherein each outrigger stiffener is attached at one to at least one outrigger, with an opposite end of each outrigger stiffener attached either to the bridge or to another outrigger stiffener, and wherein each outrigger stiffener is optionally collapsible.
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