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US 5,417,179 AGranted
Brace member for sit-on-top kayaks
AssigneeTimothy A. Niemier
InventorsTimothy A. Niemier, Michael G. Baker
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Abstract
A sit-on-top kayak having a brace member mounted in the cockpit area between the kayaker's legs. The brace member is outwardly canted and forwardly flared to accommodate the kayaker's legs. The brace member does not extend over the top of the kayaker's legs, but is instead gripped therebetween to allow the kayaker to have more control of the kayak. The brace member should be adjustable fore and aft to accommodate different kayakers.
Claims14
A watercraft comprising:
- a. a hull;
- b. an open cockpit area in which an operator of
- the watercraft sits;
- c. a brace member fixed relative to the hull within the cockpit area between operator's legs, where the operator maintains control of the watercraft by gripping the brace member between an inner side portion of each of the operator's legs;
- and
- d. mounting means for mounting the brace member to a seating surface on the hull within the cockpit area, where the mounting means comprises a strap formed in a loop, the strap being secured to the hull and extending around at least a portion of the brace member.
3 more elements
A watercraft comprising;
- a. a hull;
- b. an open cockpit area in which an operator of the watercraft sits;
- and
- c. a brace member fixed relative to the hull within the cockpit area between the operator's legs, where the operator maintains control of the watercraft by gripping the brace member between an inner side portion of each of the operator's legs, where the brace member is adjustable fore and aft relative to the operator.
1 more element
A watercraft comprising;
- a. a hull;
- b. an open cockpit area in which an operator of the watercraft sits;
- and
- c. a brace member fixed relative to the hull within the cockpit area between the operator's legs, where
- i. a brace projection extends from a bottom surface of the brace member;
- and
- ii. a brace slot adapted to receive the brace projection is formed in the hull to prevent lateral movement of the brave member relative to the hull.
4 more elements
A kayak comprising:
- a. a hull;
- b. an open cockpit area in which a kayaker sits on a seating surface of the hull;
- c. a support projection integrally formed with and extending upwardly from the seating surface between the kayaker's legs;
- and
- d. a brace member fixed to the support projection, where the kayaker maintains control of the kayak by bringing the kayaker's legs together into contact with port and starboard sides of the brace member to grip the brace member, where the port and starboard sides of the brace member are outwardly canted.
2 more elements
A kayak comprising:
- a. a hull;
- b. an open cockpit area in which a kayaker sits on a seating surface of the hull;
- c. a support projection integrally formed with and extending upwardly from the seating surface between the kayaker's legs;
- and
- d. a brace member fixed to the support projection, where the kayaker maintains control of the kayak by bringing the kayaker's legs together into contact with port and starboard sides of the brace member to grip the brace member, where the brace member is adjustable fore and aft relative to the operator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.