Fishing kayak with a deployable fan-tail
OwnerDavid B. Cameroninventor
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Abstract
A water vessel has a hull having a maximum width and defines a first portion and a second portion. Each of the first and second portions has an end at which a width of the hull converges relative to the maximum width of the hull. The second portion has a first member defining a first end and a second end. The first end is moveably coupled to the first portion of the hull. The second end is associated with the end of the second portion. The first member is movable between a closed position and an open position relative to the first portion of the hull.
Claims18
A water vessel comprising:
- a hull having a maximum width and defining a first portion and a second portion, each of said first and second portions having an end at which a width of said hull converges relative to said maximum width of said hull;
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- said second portion having a first member defining a first end and a second end, said second end is movable relative to said first end that is pivotally coupled to said first portion of said hull, said second end forming a portion of said end of said second portion that converges relative to said maximum width of said hull, wherein said first member is movable between a closed position and an open position relative to said first portion of said hull.
A water vessel comprising:
- a hull defining a first portion and a second portion, each of said first and second portions having an end at which a width of said hull converges relative to a maximum width of said hull,
- said second portion defining a first member and a second member, each of said first member and said second member defining a first end and a second end,
- said first end of said first member and said second member pivotally coupled to said first portion of said hull, said second end of said first member and said second member converge relative to said maximum width of said hull,
- said first member and said second member operable in a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein said second end of said first member and said second member in said deployed position are extendable beyond said maximum width of said portion of said hull.
A water vessel comprising:
- a hull having a main portion and a stern portion, said main portion defining a seat and having a forwardly tapered width, wherein said stern portion is pivotally coupled to said main portion;
- said stern portion defined by first and second members, said stern portion operable in a stowed position and a deployed position, said stern portion in said stowed position has a rearwardly tapered width and in said deployed position has a width substantially greater than said width of said main portion.
A water vessel comprising:
- a hull having a main portion and a secondary portion each having a tapered width distal from a maximum width, said secondary portion having a first member;
- a first end of said first member associated with said maximum width of said second portion, wherein said first end is pivotally coupled to said main portion at about said maximum width of said main portion;
- a second end of said first member associated with said tapered width of said second portion, wherein said first member is operable in a deployed condition and a stowed condition;
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- a longitudinal axis of said first member forming an angle with a longitudinal axis of said main portion in said deployed condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.