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US 5,033,497 AGranted
Combination surfboard-shipping bag, ground pad, and tent
OwnerRuben R. Hernandezinventor
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Abstract
A padded body, that is adapted to be used as a ground pad and as padded tent bottom is folded over a surfboard and secured in closed position. The surfboard is thus effectively protected while being shipped and stored. A tent is adapted to be connected to the tent bottom at the beach, so as to provide a comfortable padded-floor tent for use during the day or night. During shipment of the apparatus, the tent is secured adjacent the skegs of the surfboard.
Claims12
In combination:
- (a) a surfboard, and
- (b) a surfboard-shipping bag,
- said surfboard-shipping bag comprising an elongate flexible body adapted to lie substantially flat on the ground,
- said body when thus lying on the ground having a length longer than that of said surfboard and a width wider than twice the width of said surfboard,
- said length of s id body being sufficiently short, and said width thereof sufficiently narrow, that when said body is return-bent about the longitudinal central axis thereof, while said surfboard is lying on one half of said body to one side of said axis, said surfboard is sandwiched between the halves of said body that are on opposite sides of said axis and ends of said body protrude beyond said surfboard but not so far therebeyond that said surfboard will not be a relatively snug fit in said bag when said edges are secured to each other, and
- (c) means to secure the edges of the half of said body on one side of said axis, to the opposed edges of said body on the other side of said axis,
- whereby said surfboard is secured in a bag formed by said body and said securing means, and
- whereby said body may be opened and laid substantially flat on the ground so as to serve as a large area ground cover while said surfboard is being used at a beach.
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A combination surfboard-shipping bag, ground cover, and tent, which comprises:
- (a) an elongate flexible body adapted to lie substantially flat on the ground,
- said body when thus lying on the ground having a length longer than that of said surfboard with which said body is to be associated, and having a width wider than twice the width of said surfboard,
- (b) a tent sized at the bottom thereof to mate with the peripheral edge of said body when said body is lying substantially flat on the ground, and
- (c) fastener means on said body at the peripheral edge thereof, and on said tent at said bottom thereof,
- said fastener means being such that said body may be closed by said fastener means in clamshell manner around said surfboard so as to provide a closed surfboard-shipping bag,
- said fastener means also being such that the bottom edge of said tent may be secured by said fastener means to the peripheral edge of said body to thus provide a tent having said body as the floor thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.