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US 5,488,922 AGranted
Collapsible boat
AssigneeRobert J. Compton
InventorFriedel Hinderberger
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Abstract
A collapsible boat having a contoured hull shape is disclosed in which the individual component surfaces of the hull may be folded both longitudinally and transversely via disengageable clamping mechanisms that maintain the boat water-tight when it is fully assembled. The lateral edges of the individual hull components, made preferably of aluminum, are profiled so they may be pivoted around a common axis into a relative position where they press together against one another to form a water-tight, longitudinally stable hull.
Claims16
A collapsible boat having a boat body comprising:
- a plurality of hull surfaces wherein at least two of the lateral edges of said hull surfaces in the disassembled state, lie loose opposite each other,
- a connecting element with a disengageable clamping mechanism that connects said loose opposite lateral edges together so as to be watertight and
- an acceptance strut which possesses notches for the acceptance of said lateral edges of said hull surfaces.
A collapsible boat having a boat body comprising:
- a plurality of hull surfaces wherein, at least two of the lateral edges of said hull surfaces in the disassembled state, lie loose opposite each other,
- said lateral edges of said hull surfaces having a profile so as to be transferrable into a relative position in which said hull surfaces may be pressed against each other so as to be water-tight and longitudinally stable,
- said profile of said lateral edges having an extension, eye-shaped in cross-section, through which, after corresponding juncture of two said lateral edges, a longitudinal unit may be removably introduced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.