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US 4,562,786 AGranted
Collapsible pontoon boat
OwnerGene M. Pruontoinventor
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Abstract
A collapsible pontoon boat includes a deck assembly and a plurality of inflatable pontoons for receiving and supporting the deck assembly. The deck assembly includes a plurality of deck panels, and end rails and side rails assemblable into a deck frame. The deck panels are secured to the side rails and end rails and to interposed support members to form the deck assembly, and the pontoons are secured to the deck assembly, underlying the side rails.
Claims22
A collapsible pontoon boat comprising:
- a deck assembly;
- a plurality of inflatable pontoons for receiving and supporting said deck assembly;
- said deck assembly including a plurality of deck panels, end rails and side rails assemblable into a deck frame for receiving said deck panels in generally coplanar adjacent relation to each other, a support member positionable between adjacent deck panels, means for securing the deck panels to the side rails and end rails, and means for securing said pontoons to the deck assembly in underlying relationship to the deck immediately adjacent the side rails;
- said means for securing said pontoons to the deck assembly including at least one outside flap attached to and extending over at least a major portion of the outside face of the pontoon, which flap includes fastener means, and cooperating fastener means provided on the outside of each side rail.
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A collapsible pontoon boat comprising:
- a deck assembly;
- a plurality of inflatable pontoons for receiving and supporting said deck assembly;
- said deck assembly including a plurality of deck panels, end rails and side rails assemblable into a deck frame for receiving said deck panels in generally coplanar adjacent relation to each other, a support member positionable between adjacent deck panels, means for securing the deck panels to the side rails and end rails, and means for securing said pontoons to the deck assembly in underlying relationship to the deck immediately adjacent the side rails;
- hand rail means positionable in overlying spaced relation to each side rail;
- pickets pivotally attached to each hand rail and selectively downwardly pivotable therefrom;
- and
- picket retaining means mountable on said side rails.
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A collapsible pontoon boat comprising:
- a deck assembly;
- a plurality of inflatable pontoons for receiving and supporting said deck assembly;
- said deck assembly including a plurality of deck panels, end rails and side rails assemblable into a deck frame for receiving said deck panels in generally coplanar adjacent relation to each other, a support member positionable between adjacent deck panels, means for securing the deck panels to the side rails and end rails, and means for securing said pontoons to the deck assembly in underlying relationship to the deck immediately adjacent the side rails;
- a canopy;
- and
- means for removably mounting said canopy over the deck assembly, comprising a frame including at least two pairs of uprights, each pair disposable on opposite sides of the boat, cross-arms engageable between each pair of uprights, four canopy arms each extendable diagonally from first outer ends at corners of the canopy to uprights on the corresponding side of the boat, means for attaching the canopy to the cross-arms, and means for attaching the canopy to the canopy arms;
- wherein said cross-arms have flaps attached thereto and the means for attaching the canopy to the cross-arms comprises snaps provided on the canopy and corresponding snaps provided on the flaps attached to the cross-arms.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.