Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Canoe or kayak
Patent
1997-11-12
1999-02-09
Avila, Stephen
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Canoe or kayak
114363, B63B 3500
Patent
active
058680969
ABSTRACT:
A boat seat having particular utility for canoes, the seat having a platform pivotably connected to a brace which has a brace first end region connected to the boat, and a brace second end region supported on or affixed to the shell of the boat. The platform can be maintained in a horizontal position or in an inclined position. For traditional canoes the brace first end region is attached to a thwart of the canoe. For collapsible canoes having a skin supported by a frame having stringers supported by ribs, the seat has a brace support. The brace support and the brace are supported by a base having a cross support and a supplemental cross support which traverse several stringers to distribute loads, and a retaining element which maintains the cross support and the supplemental cross support in a spaced apart relationship. A guiding element is engaged with the base and the frame to allow sliding motion therebetween. Fore and aft straps which connect the base to ribs of the canoe maintain the base in close proximity to the stringers and limit the sliding motion.
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Avila Stephen
Semprebon Jeffrey E.
Weins Michael J.
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