Modular Trays for Kayaks
AssigneeWhite River Marine Group, LLC
InventorKenneth M. Clark
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Abstract
A kayak includes a hull extending between a bow end and a stern end and defining a cockpit for disposing an occupant therein. The hull includes a starboard wall and a port wall spaced from one another and each extending between the bow end and the stern end. The kayak further includes an upper wall coupled to the starboard wall and the port wall of the hull and extending between the bow end and the stern end. The upper wall at least partially defines an opening into the cockpit. The kayak further includes a modular tray extending along the starboard wall and the port wall from the upper wall partially into the opening for access thereto by the occupant and at least one fastener mounting the modular tray to one of the starboard wall and the port wall.
Claims20
A kayak comprising:
- a hull extending between a bow end and a stern end and defining a cockpit for disposing an occupant therein, the hull including a starboard wall and a port wall spaced from one another and each extending between the bow end and the stern end;
- an upper wall coupled to the starboard wall and the port wall of the hull and extending between the bow end and the stern end, the upper wall at least partially defining an opening into the cockpit;
- a modular tray extending along the starboard wall and the port wall from the upper wall partially into the opening for access thereto by the occupant;
- and
- at least one fastener mounting the modular tray to one of the starboard wall and the port wall.
The kayak of claim 13, further comprising a rail mounted to the one of the starboard wall adjacent the ledge, and coupled to the modular tray, the modular tray movable along the rail between a stowed position and a deployed position.
The kayak of claim 14, wherein the modular tray is disposed beneath the upper wall in the stowed position.
The kayak of claim 17, wherein the at least one fastener includes a pin mounted to the one of the starboard wall and the port wall and a catch mounted to the modular tray, the pin retainable within the catch.
A kayak comprising:
- a hull extending between a bow end and a stern end and defining a cockpit for disposing an occupant therein, the hull including a starboard wall and a port wall spaced from one another and each extending between the bow end and the stern end;
- an upper wall coupled to the starboard wall and the port wall of the hull and extending between the bow end and the stern end, the upper wall at least partially defining an opening into the cockpit;
- a modular tray extending along the starboard wall and the port wall from the upper wall partially into the opening for access thereto by the occupant;
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- at least one fastener mounting the modular tray to one of the starboard wall and the port wall,
- wherein the one of the starboard wall and the port wall includes a recess and the at least one fastener includes a prong extending from the modular tray and into the recess, the one of the starboard wall and the port wall including a rail connected to the recess, the prong movable within the rail for moving the modular tray between a stowed position and a deployed position, and
- wherein the prong is movable into and out of the modular tray for disassembly and assembly of the modular tray to the one of the starboard wall and the port wall.
A kayak comprising:
- a hull extending between a bow end and a stern end and defining a cockpit for disposing an occupant therein, the hull including a starboard wall and a port wall spaced from one another and each extending between the bow end and the stern end;
- an upper wall coupled to the starboard wall and the port wall of the hull and extending between the bow end and the stern end, the upper wall at least partially defining an opening into the cockpit;
- a modular tray extending along the starboard wall and the port wall from the upper wall partially into the opening for access thereto by the occupant;
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- at least one fastener mounting the modular tray to one of the starboard wall and the port wall, the one of the starboard wall and the port wall including a ledge that supports the modular tray;
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- a rail mounted to the one of the starboard wall adjacent the ledge, and coupled to the modular tray, the modular tray movable along the rail between a stowed position and a deployed position, the modular tray is disposed beneath the upper wall in the stowed position,
- wherein the at least one fastener includes a tray knob mounted to the modular tray, a hull knob mounted to the one of the starboard wall and the port wall, and a strap configured to join together the tray knob and the hull knob in the deployed position for retaining the modular tray in the deployed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.