Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Canoe or kayak
Patent
1984-10-29
1986-05-20
Basinger, Sherman D.
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Canoe or kayak
114352, 114363, B63B 3572
Patent
active
045893659
ABSTRACT:
An open pit kayak (10) is illustrated having an open cockpit (A) in which a boater (22) sits. The boater is effectively interbraced in the open cockpit by foot braces (38), thigh braces (68), and a rear hip brace surface (60) against which the boater braces himself during boating. The thigh brace (38) includes a pair of wing members (70) and (72) which extend over an open-cockpit deck (30) at a position above the deck so that the legs of the boater may be received in the thigh braces. The thigh braces extend from side support and thrust extension (64) and (66) of the cockpit which extend vertically on opposing sides of the cockpit. The wing members extend inwardly toward the center of the open cockpit and terminate to define a space (90) in which the boater's legs may be received for engagement underneath the thigh braces. The open cockpit includes a cockpit deck (30), a lower cockpit floor (34), and a cockpit seat (54) which is below the level of the cockpit deck (30) and includes contoured surfaces for supporting and interlocking the buttocks of a person during boating.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3769645 (1973-11-01), Lettman
patent: 4106143 (1978-08-01), Lucas
patent: 4229850 (1980-10-01), Arcouette
patent: 4407216 (1983-10-01), Masters
Basinger Sherman D.
Flint Cort
Sotelo Jesus D.
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