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US 7,007,628 B1Granted
Watercraft and viewing system kit
OwnerMark Conleyinventor
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Abstract
An improved watercraft having a viewing system, and a kit for installing a viewing system in an existing watercraft. The watercraft includes a viewing opening through a portion of the bottom of the hull and a viewing system is attached thereto. The viewing system includes a substantially transparent viewing window that is disposed within the viewing opening, an attachment that attaches the viewing window to the bottom of the hull and a seal that creates a watertight seal between the viewing window and the bottom of the hull. The kit includes the components of the viewing system and a template for marking the hull of the watercraft.
Claims27
An improved watercraft, comprising:
- a hull comprising a top, a bottom, an inside surface, an outside surface, a bow portion, and a stern portion;
- wherein said hull further comprises at least one paddler opening disposed through said top, said paddler opening being dimensioned to allow a human paddler to pass through said opening and sit such that lower extremities of said human paddler are in contact with said inside surface of said bottom of said hull, and such that said human paddler may look downward and see a viewing area formed on said bottom of said hull proximate to said lower extremities;
- and
- wherein said hull further comprises at least one viewing opening disposed through at least a portion of said viewing area of said bottom of said hull;
- and
- at least one viewing system attached to said bottom of said hull, said viewing system comprising:
- a substantially transparent viewing window disposed within said viewing opening through said bottom of said hull, wherein said viewing window comprises a top surface and a bottom surface and has a substantially oblong shape forming photographic portion and a viewing portion, wherein said photographic portion is dimensioned to accommodate a photographic hood, and wherein said viewing portion is dimensioned to allow said paddler to see through said viewing window when the photographic hood is disposed over said photographic portion of said viewing window;
- attachment means for attaching said viewing window to said bottom of said hull;
- and sealing means for creating a watertight seal between said viewing window and said bottom of said hull.
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A kit for forming a viewing system in a watercraft, said kit comprising:
- a template for marking a bottom of a hull of the watercraft to allow a viewing opening to be formed therein;
- a substantially transparent viewing window dimensioned for disposal within said viewing opening through said bottom of said hull, wherein said viewing window comprises a top surface and a bottom surface and has a substantially oblong shape forming photographic portion and a viewing portion, wherein said photographic portion is dimensioned to accommodate a photographic hood, and wherein said viewing portion is dimensioned to allow said paddler to see through said viewing window when the photographic hood is disposed over said photographic portion of said viewing window;
- attachment means for attaching said viewing window to said bottom of said hull;
- and
- sealing means for creating a watertight seal between said viewing window and said bottom of said hull.
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An improved kayak comprising:
- a hull comprising a top, a bottom, an inside surface, an outside surface, a bow portion, and a stern portion;
- wherein said hull further comprises at least one paddler opening disposed through said top, said paddler opening being dimensioned to allow a human paddler to pass through said opening and sit such that lower extremities of said human paddler are in contact with said inside surface of said bottom of said hull, and such that said human paddler may look downward and see a viewing area formed on said bottom of said hull proximate to said lower extremities;
- and
- wherein said hull further comprises at least one viewing opening disposed through at least a portion of said viewing area of said bottom of said hull;
- and
- at least one viewing system attached to said bottom of said hull, said viewing system comprising:
- a substantially transparent viewing window disposed within said viewing opening through said bottom of said hull, wherein said viewing window comprises a top surface and a bottom surface;
- attachment means for attaching said viewing window to said bottom of said hull;
- sealing means for creating a watertight seal between said viewing window and said bottom of said hull;
- and
- at least one light disposed upon said kayak so as to illuminate an area below said viewing window.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.