Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Collapsible
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-08
2001-06-05
Swinehart, Ed (Department: 3617)
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Collapsible
Reexamination Certificate
active
06240872
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to a boat, and more particularly to a foldable boat, which can be quickly and easily folded for carriage and storage and unfolded for use.
2. Description of Related Arts
People, like sports such as boating or fishing, usually own their own boat so that they can go sailing anytime they want. In order to transport the boat, people may need a sport utility vehicle or a van that has already installed a vowing package to rail the boat. The vowing package is separately sold in the car dealer that may cost as much as the boat including the installation. So, people must afford both the cost of the boat and the relatively high cost of its accessories.
Even though people have all the accessories of the boat, they have trouble when they transport their boat. The boat is usually vowed at the back of the vehicle that may increase the length of the vehicle. So, drivers must use their experience to drive the longer vehicle safety, especially when they want to make turns or back up of the vehicle. However, inexperienced people may cause accident because they are not used to drive the longer vehicle as they drive daily.
Furthermore, the vehicle with the vowed boat must occupy the special designated parking space in order to fit the size of the vehicle. However, such designated parking spaces are relatively lacked in the city and are insufficient in the campsite as well. So, finding a parking space is a headache, especially during holiday, for people who just want to have fun and enjoy sailing.
Thus, in such campsite, there is very limited of a designated landing stage that people can drop their boats off the sea. During holiday, people must wait and are lined up to drop off the boat for an hour because individual takes at least 20 minutes to successfully drop off the boat. So, people are mad about paying extra money, finding parking space and waiting to drop off the boat in order to enjoy the sea breeze.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
A main object of the present invention is to provide a foldable boat that can be quickly and easily folded into a compact unit for carriage and storage and unfolded for use.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a foldable boat that is relatively lightweight, which can be carried by two people.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a foldable boat that requires simple assembly or disassembly for use or repair.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a foldable boat adapted to be landed into the sea or on the ground anywhere.
Accordingly, in order to accomplish the above objects, the present invention provides a foldable boat, comprising:
a bottom panel having a front edge, a rear edge, and two side edges;
a pair of side panels, each having a front panel edge, a rear panel edge, a top panel edge, and a bottom panel edge;
a connecting means for foldably and sealedly connecting the two bottom panel edges of the two side panels with the two side edges of the bottom panel respectively in such a manner that in a folded condition, the two side panels are adapted to be folded on top of the bottom panel overlappedly, and in an unfolded condition, the two side panels are adapted to be folded to be disposed perpendicularly with respect to the bottom panel;
a front elastic panel having two front panel side brims permanently affixed to two front panel edges of the two side panels respectively and a front panel bottom brim permanently affixed to the front edge of the bottom panel;
a rear elastic panel having two rear panel side brims permanently affixed to two rear panel edges of the two said panels respectively and a rear panel bottom brim permanently affixed to the rear edge of the bottom panel;
a front supporting frame mounted between two front portions of the two side panels, so as to detachably affixed on two front panel edges of the two side panels for rigidly supporting and retaining the two side panels in the unfolded condition; and
a rear supporting frame mounted between two rear portions of the two side panels, so as to detachably affixed on two rear panel edges of the two side panels for rigidly supporting and retaining the two side panels in the unfolded condition.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2271338 (1942-01-01), Hamlin, Jr.
patent: 3639933 (1972-02-01), Trowbridge
patent: 5704310 (1998-01-01), Cittadini
Chan Raymond Y.
David & Raymond Patent Group
Swinehart Ed
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