Cartop trunk boat
OwnerCharles A. Rillinginventor
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Abstract
A cartop, weather-tight, utility luggage carrier or trunk, which by adding two additional sections that are all detachably secured together therewith thus form a boat, the luggage carrier and sections when detached being able to nest inside each other so as to compactly fit upon a car roof rack.
Claims2
A cartop trunk boat, comprising in combination, a plurality of boat sections including a bow section, a forward central section, an aft central section and a stern section, said sections being detachably attachable together to form said boat, said sections when detached, nesting into each other for compact transportation on a car roof rack, wherein each said section comprises an open box made of molded plastic and including a bottom, opposite side walls and an aft and forward wall, wherein said sections are attachable together by means of a hook along a lower portion of said forward walls being receivable in an upward groove formed on an aft wall of an adjacent said section;
- and upper corners of said aft and forward walls being locked together by a forwardly projecting stud at each said corner of said aft wall removably received through an opening of said forward wall, a projecting end of said stud having an annular groove receiving a vertically slidable yoke in a frame mounted on said forward wall.
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