Paddlecraft and Method of Making Same
OwnerKevin Fenninventor
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Abstract
Implementations of improved watercraft comprising a hull with a portion of the bottom face of the hull having a greater displacement from the top face of the hull at a first forward position and a second portion of the bottom face of the hull having a lesser displacement from the top face of the hull at a second rearward position, such that the forward portion of the bottom face does not lift out of the water when a load is placed toward the rear of the watercraft. The watercraft may incorporate additional desirable features such as non-slip standing surfaces, drainage structures, equipment storage, and stability increasing structures.
Claims20
A watercraft, comprising:
- a hull comprising:
- two lateral sides,
- a bow at a first distal end defined by a meeting point of the two lateral sides at the first distal end,
- a rear side located at a second distal end opposite the first lateral end and said rear side oriented substantially perpendicular to the two lateral sides,
- a top face oriented substantially perpendicular to the two lateral sides and the rear side, and
- a bottom face oriented substantially perpendicular to the two lateral sides and the rear side and opposite the top face;
- and
- wherein the bottom face has a non-uniform profile such that the bottom face is separated from the top face by a first distance at a first position, and separated from the top face by a different second distance at a second position longitudinally separated from the first position, and wherein the position having the greatest distance from the top face is located forward of the position having the lesser distance from the top face.
The watercraft of claim 11, wherein the supporting wall further comprises a substantially vertical cutout from the supporting wall, and
- wherein the cutout portion is sized to accommodate one or more fishing rods along the bottom of the hull cavity.
The watercraft of claim 15, wherein the flat portion is sized to accommodate a standing user.
The watercraft of claim 18, wherein the transom structure comprises attachment means for an external propulsion source.
The watercraft of claim 20, wherein the scupper is recessed into the exterior face of the lateral side such that an additional component may be attached to the scupper without protruding from the exterior face of the lateral side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.