Foldable kayak
OwnerRobert Trautweininventor
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Abstract
A rigid bottom foldable on a central transverse hinge has a removable tubular skeleton frame at each end supporting the skin. A pneumatic tubular member carried by the bottom sections serves to expand and tightly support the skin in use, thereby retaining the frame in assembled relation to the bottom.
Claims9
A foldable kayak comprising forward bow and rearward stern rigid bottom sections with hinge means joining the same together on a generally central transverse vertical parting plane and extending substantially short of the ends of the kayak, a flexible water tight skin forming the bow and stern of the kayak and extending above said bottom sections with a central opening in the top thereof for access of an operator, inflatable means integral with said skin and mounting the same around the periphery of said bottom section, and separable bow and stern removable frame means carried by said bottom sections, and extending therefrom longitudinally within end portions of said skin to support and shape the bow and stern portions of said skin.
A three piece foldable kayak comprising central forward bow and rearward stern rigid bottom sections, a hinge means connecting the bottom sections to each other, a unitary bow frame section having quick release means for releasable and separable connection to the forward end of the forward bow bottom section and extending substantially forwardly therefrom, a unitary stern frame section having quick release means for releasable and separable connection to the rearward end of the stern bottom section, a flexible watertight skin sealed to the periphery of said bottom sections and enclosing said bow and stern frame sections, said skin having an opening in the top aligned with said bottom sections, and inflatable means mounted within said skin around the periphery of the bottom section to support and shape said skin including tightening of the same upon the bow and stern portions.
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