Seat and foot support

A storage compartment having a geometry permitting acceptance of the compartment within a canoe, having an opening for introduction and removal of articles into and from the compartment, having a door, moveable relative to said opening between closed and open positions, having door fastner means for...     

A collapsible or foldable high speed boat including a hull structure having no frames. The boat comprises a plurality of substantially triangular hinged plates joined in such a manner as to be waterproof and defining a hull structure such as that of a high speed boat. The hull structure includes a plurality...     

This is an adjustable foot rest assembly for kayaks, including a pair of channel members, with indexing slots and an inverted T-slot along the base, serving as a track along which a pair of foot pad assemblies are slidably moved. The channel members, or guide rails, are secured to each side, inside the...     

A collapsible boat is integrally molded by blow molding from a flexible synthetic resin material. The boat is normally manufactured into a collapsed form in which the bottom and a first portion of the stern lie on a common plane, and the port and the starboard as well as second and third portions of...     

A rotatable platform is provided to support the chair of a bass fishing boat. The platform has the chair rotatably mounted at one end and includes a boat rest for positioning the feet of the fisherman at the other. The feet positioning end preferably includes a wedge-shaped footrest for one foot of the...     

This boat consists primarily of an electrically powered motor which is removably secured to a spring-loaded bracket fastened to the transom of the hull. A pulley secured to the motor shaft, carries upon it a pair of ropes, one each being slidably received within tubing fastened to the floor, the tubing...     

A boat comprising a hull and at least one seat therefor, each seat extending transversely across the hull and being supported by telescoping guide members for movement along a vertical path between a lowered position wherein the seat rests on shoulders defined by portions of the hull, and a raised position...     

An outboard folding seat for sailboats consisting of a hinged seat member pivotable between an inboard position wherein an outside face forms a part of the peripheral boat deck top and an outboard position wherein an inside face forms a seat member.

A back-rest attachment for a boat seat includes first and second pairs of rods spaced from, and hingeably, connected to one another, and a fabric connected between and attached to the rods of the first pair. The pairs of rods may be pivoted from a first position parallel to one another to a second position...     

The disclosed device provides a rowing capability to an off-the-beach type sailing vessel having a hull including a top surface and a recess, such as for example a footwell or center board opening, formed therein. The device includes a horizontally extending seat surface, and an insert member connected...     

A removable deck platform is attached to the stern transom of a boat for extending the effective deck space of the boat rearwardly. Hinges are used to removably attach the deck platform to the transom. Triangular support braces attached to the bottom of the deck platform extend downwardly from the platform...     

A hull is provided defining longitudinal upstanding opposite sides interconnected by a bottom extending between lower marginal edges of the sides and by a bow structure at their forward ends and a transom structure at their rear ends. A pair of spaced apart midship opposite side compartments are provided...     

The invention relates to a brace which is mountable in or on, or is formed integral with, a craft such as a canoe, kayak, surf-ski or skiff so that it can in use contact and receive thrust from the thigh of a user of the craft so that the user can propel the craft more easily and can prevent himself...     

A latching assembly for mounting a seat on a boat thwart or the like comprising a base to rest on top of the thwart for securement of a seat thereto. A pair of keepers are mounted on top of the thwart for securing opposite sides of the base to the thwart, and a latch is mounted on the base on one of...     

A foldable dinghy comprises a frame and a covering of flexible waterproof material. To fold up the dinghy the frame is foldable transversely and then longitudinally for the purpose of storing and transporting the dinghy.

A boat which may be operated by one person and which comprises a power source, a seat hingedly secured to the boat, a foot control steering apparatus, and cable connected from the foot control steering apparatus through the seat to the power source.

Disclosed is a cooler including a pair of laterally spaced storage compartments interconnected at their upper portions by an intermediate planar member. Each compartment may include a closure such as a pivotal door. The cooler may have an additional removable compartment for drawer-like mounting between...     

Disclosed herein is a live bait well for a fishing vessel which occupies normally unusable space on the stern by being conveniently located beneath the main fisherman's chair. The bait well is comprised of a circular tub body with a segmented closable see-through top and having a concentric sleeve passing...     

A standard windsurfer having a surfboard-type body provided with a daggerboard and having a mast and boom that support a sail on the surfboard is formed with an upwardly open storage compartment that is normally covered by a reversible lid. One side of the lid is smooth and when turned up forms a smooth...     

A tackle box adapted for mounting in a working position on a boat seat of the type extending laterally between opposite sides of the boat. The tackle box includes a bottom wall adapted to rest on an upper surface of the seat and includes a pair of depending ribs for keying the tackle box on the seat...     

A fishing chair is provided in which the chair is mounted for rotatable movement about a supporting member, the chair unit being particularly constructed to mount in a single integral seat support, the butt holder for the fishing rod as well as the anchor point for the foot rest so that all of the forces...     

A unit for mounting a seat on a boat thwart or the like. The unit includes a base to rest on the thwart for securement thereto of the seat and a clamping assembly carried by the base for clamping the base on the thwart. This clamping assembly comprises a pair of arms extending outwardly from opposite...     

A watercraft has two pontoons interconnected by framework which supports a propelling unit adjacent its bow end. The unit includes a paddle wheel between the two pontoons with exposed pedals to be engaged by the feet of a seated occupant. A rudder is attached to the stern end of the framework to an intermediate...     

A sport fishing boat having a generally rectangular overall top view configuration and having a pair of fiber glass hulls, including an inner hull and an outer hull. The inner and outer hulls are spaced from each other at opposite sides of the boat to accommodate flotation material, and the inner hull...     

A mobile chair for use i.e. by handicapped persons, for instance in a boat, comprises a seat and a foot-rest, and is slidable along guide rails and rotatable about a trunnion mounting the foot-rest at a base plate. The seat is carried by an arcuate guide, which in one embodiment has an extension of at...     

A canoe seat construction for achieving optimum weight distribution in the canoe to improve planing of the canoe on the water and to position the paddler for most efficient paddling, includes a subframe releasably attached to the gunwales of the canoe, a seat frame carried by the subframe for movement...     

A kit includes a legless table and a chair having a tubular frame with detachable legs. The table is detachably connectable to the chair. Rigid flotation material encases portions of the tubular frame and buoyantly supports the chair and the table.

A portable seat for suspension between spaced supports is provided comprising a flexible seating member having rigid side edge members and rigid suspension members spaced outwardly from and generally parallel thereto, the suspension members and the rigid side edge members having securing means adjacent...     

Mast steps that may be attached to any vertical spar or surface when needed for climbing said spar or surface, and removed and nested for easy storage when not in use.

A removeable canoe-carried cooler for a canoe having an interior perimeter top rim, the canoe-carried cooler having an insulated container portion, an insulated hinged lid therefor, and a lock for the lid, the canoe-carried cooler constructed to be fitted into a canoe and to be removed therefrom at will,...     

A removable seat for attachment to a support, such as the thwart of a boat, having a mounting housing rotatably secured to the base of the seat. A plurality of support-engaging members are slidably disposed in the housing for removably attaching the seat to the support. Each of the support-engaging members...     

Longitudinal bow and stern beams are disposed vertically within a kayak hull. A stiffening tube extends beneath the beams. A tube and the beam holder overlaps a lower portion of each beam and rests on the center portion of the stiffening tube for holding the stiffening tube in place and tying the bow...     

A rowing scull with a hull, a cockpit, and a deck fully peripherally interconnecting the cockpit and the hull. A frame extends beneath the cockpit, inside the hull, and is reinforcingly joined to the deck at each side of the cockpit. Outriggers for oarlocks are mounted to the deck. The oarlocks are adjustable...     

This invention is an improved dinghy for tending yachts and for similar purposes. The use and operation of dinghies usually entails various problems. In the prior art the managing of the loading of passengers and of gear, and at the same time maintaining a good rowing trim, has had numerous problems....     

A hanging chair with seat (1) and backrest (2) is provided for its suspension with lifting slings (23,24) a top eye and crotch straps (25,26) at the seat (1). The slings and crotch straps are formed from a single hose of the type which dilates radially for axial compression and increases its inner diameter...     

A seat mounting structure is provided defining a base portion for stationary mounting in a boat hull subject to roll movement and including a rudder control member oscillatable about a first fore and aft extending horizontal axis. A mount portion is supported from the base portion for adjustable vertical...     

Adjustable device to support a chair on a boat seat enabling the chair to be moved sidewise and locked either in a center position or selected offcenter positions on both sides. A wheeled carriage, with bolts connecting it to a swivelable chair, is movable from side to side along a floor plate in an...     

Improved ladders for attachment to the transoms of boats comprise a platform section that includes horizontal planking and depending tubular frame members and a ladder step section pivoted on the tubular frame members below the planking for movement between a retracted position wherein the step is raised...     

This all-purpose boat is designed for pleasure or survival, and may be used in salt, fresh, or chlorinated water, and may also be adapted for use on ice and snow, and may be further adapted for use on dry land, by the employment of wheels. Primarily, it consists of a hull fabricated of a polyethylene...     

A raft for a rapid flow water course amusement ride having a generally circular shaped hull fabricated in two sections with a surrounding floatation bumper and separate redundant floatation material in the bottom of the hull. A multiplicity of inwardly facing high-backed seats are disposed around the...     

A board-like floating body has a fixed mast, a swingable sail fastened to the mast, and an outrigger which is arranged so as to be swingable about an axis perpendicular to the upper side of the floating body and which has a seat and is intended to carry or support an operator. To compensate for fairly...     

A pedestal mounting for a boat seat which selectively positions the seat in a centrally located, elevated position or an offset, lowered position. The pedestal includes a column formed of pivotally connected elongated members and a sleeve telescopingly received on the members and a base with an open-ended...     

A pleasure boat has a conventional open cockpit with seats along its opposite sides. The floor of the cockpit has a socket therein for supporting an elevated pedestal seat. The seats are swingable upwardly toward each other to form an elevated platform for the pedestal seat.

An improved seat pedestal assembly (12) is disclosed for use on boats such as a bass boat (10). In the improved design, the extension (71) has a reduced diameter nipple (72) with a threaded portion (74) thereon. The base plate (75) includes a common threaded nut (78) welded to the bottom thereof to receive...     

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)...     

A water ski tow assembly comprising a capped pylon and a mounting base plate wherein the base plate is mounted to the inside of the boat floor. Additionally, the pylon can be of a two-piece construction wherein a fishing seat can be attached to the base of the two-piece pylon.

This device consists of a water gliding board, similar in size, materials and configuration, to the existing (in 1984) "Knee Boards" but substantially improved with a deletion of the securing strap and with the addition of low knee shells, high knee-and-buttocks shells, toe/foot straps, toe slots and...     

An articulated back-to-back fold-down chair seat and side-rail track construction wherein the seats are mounted on slides which telescopically engage associated rails affixed to a chair platform support. The rails and slides have an interfitting cross-sectional configuration. Each seat has a stop with...     

A steering apparatus for a trolling motor utilizes a rotatable pedestal to support a boat occupant seat. The seat is detachably connected to the pedestal for rotation therewith and the pedestal is connected to the trolling motor by a control cable for changing the direction of the motor.

A kit for converting a small boat, such as a canoe, into a sail boat provides a mast support, leeboards, hiking seats, and a rudder assembly. All of these parts are attached to the boat without the need to permanently alter the boat. The mast assembly provides the option of tilting the mast in the fore...     

A watercraft comprising an efficient, directionally stable and maneuverable hull construction useful for recreation and water sports. In a preferred embodiment the hull has an outwardly projecting flange longitudinally positioned along the periphery of the hull substantially about the waterline, whereby...     

A handicap trap seat for use with catamarans or other sailboats utilizing pontoons and a support frame extending therebetween which minimizes the likelihood of the user's being injured or sliding out of the trap seat while sailing.

A lightweight portable rowing apparatus structure, which, when positioned in the lower interior portion of a watercraft's hull, is held in place by the weight of an oarsman. The rowing apparatus does not attach to the hull and may be easily removed from the watercraft. The apparatus includes an oar rigger,...     

A water-craft which comprises a swing assembly including opposed seats and a foot-rest arranged to each make a reciprocative movement and a transmission mechanism to convert the reciprocating movement of the seats into a rotary movement to actuate a paddle-wheel for propelling the craft. The transmission...     

A recreational waterslide having a board (10) adapted to skim across the surface of a body of water and a seat (20) secured to the upper surface of the board so as to support a rider in a seated, kneeling position. The upper portion of the seat is spaced a predetermined distance from the upper surface...     

This sporting device is intended to accomodate a rider gliding over water while towed from a speed boat by a tow-rope. It has an oval shape so it can travel in any of two opposite directions. On the upper surface of its floating hull that is roughly flat, it has, towards one end, a hard plastic hood,...     

A quick clamp and disengage mechanism for a swivel type seat for small boats. A base having spaced guideways is adapted to be secured to the thwart or seat board extending transversely in a boat. The swivel type seat has parallel sides adapted to slide into the guideways of the base and to be clamped...     

A two-piece collapsible backrest for use in boats. The backrest's novel design allows it to be adjusted to a variety of widths.

A watercraft stabilizing flotation structure comprising two hulls (23) (25) that surround the outside perimeter of a single-person ski-type powered watercraft to extend the surface area in contact with the water. A seat (36) located at the stern allows the operator to sit during operation of the craft....     

A circular floatation vehicle, particularly for rafting as an amusement ride, the vehicle having an annular tube with a circular platform inset, wherein the platform inset is constructed with a central contoured core to seat a plurality of occupants around the core, whereby the core provides a common...     

A recreational and therapeutic propelled pontoon chair. The invention fundamentally comprises a pair of pontoons in fixed spaced relationship with each other. A chair for maintaining a user is positioned between the pontoons with a drive and power source being maintained behind the chair. The chair is...     

A deck structure adapted for a watercraft in which the rider rides on the rear deck to steer gripping the handles. Side fences with a riding floor formed between them are disposed so as to be adjustable in the transverse directional position of the hull. Further, with another arrangement, the side fences...     

A seat assembly is provided for an elongated horizontal transverse bench seat of a fishing boat and is mounted from the bench seat for shifting therealong substantially the full length of the bench seat and for swinging relative to the bench seat between an operative position overlying and supported...     

An adjustable fishing boat seat is provided offset from a pedestal fastened securely to the deck of a fishing boat. The seat is mounted on a pivot post which is mounted in the top of a frame. The frame is engaged at its bottom to a pair of shafts, each axially engaged with a wheel. A horizontal U-shaped...     

A paddle-driven watercraft formed as a single closed shell with a hull and deck. The seat-forming recess is bounded toward the rear by a rim and a central rise or prominence extends forwardly and upwardly to a level above the rise in the deck to define a pair of platforms forwardly of the seat on which...     

There is disclosed a cushioned platform for filling in the gap in a V-berth platform in the bow of a boat or the like, and an apparatus for raising and lowering the platform between seating and sleeping positions.

A commercial sport fishing boat has an upper deck plan which includes forwardly directed walkways extending along either side of a central cabin. The cabin side walls are formed such that they define outwardly directed benches adjacent each walkway while providing adequate interior overhead in the cabin....     

A device for locking a boat seat bracket to a seat support beam in a boat. A conventional bracket has a base and a pair of long U-shaped clamping members formed of parallel rods threaded on their ends and slidable in opposite directions through the base. In the new device, nuts on the parallel rods of...     

A foot brace (A) is disclosed for a kayak (10) wherein the foot brace (A) is mounted to opposing interior sides of a hull (12) of the kayak. Each foot brace (A) includes an elongated adjusting brace bar (22) slidably carried by an adjusting bracket (20) along the interior side (12a) of hull (12). At...     

An auxiliary seat for a surfboard comprises a rectangular tube-form frame having two U-shaped sections telescopically connected to form the longer sides of the rectangle. A first section has a raised end for a footrest. A second section has a third U-shaped tube-form frame connected thereto to form a...     

An auxiliary seat for small fishing boats which includes a frame that is extendable so as to be adjustable engageable with the gunnels of the boat and from which a seat assembly is supported so as to be selectively horizontally and vertically adjustable relative to the hull of the boat.

A compact portable folding boat comprising a mid section with a wheel coupled to the front of the mid section. The boat has sections hinged to each side of the mid section which fold up over the mid section for storage. The boat can be rolled on the wheel in a folded position, then opened to a fully...     

Apparatus removably mountable between the gunwales of a canoe and supporting a pad containing frame assembly therebetween. The frame assembly serving as an extra seat in a first position and as a carrying yoke in a second inverted position. In its various embodiments, the frame assembly mounts to the...     

A floatable water craft which includes a first relatively large doughnut-shaped inner tube and a pair of second and third doughnut-shaped inner tubes. The inner tubes are preferably inflated with air although they may be filled with a foam material for adding additional buoyancy thereto. A frame is carried...     

A portable boat seat for releasable attachment to a transverse boat thwart or any like horizontal supporting structure having opposing edges. A seat member is attached to a main frame by a turntable for rotation about a substantially vertical axis relative to the main frame and a supporting thwart. The...     

A boat seat which effectively positions a person for paddling a boat such as a canoe or kayak includes an upper platform for supporting the posterior of the person and a lower platform for supporting the knees and shins of the person. The upper platform near its rear end is pivotally connected between...     

A combination seat for boats includes a housing comprising lower and upper housing sections, a seating assembly mounted on the upper housing section and a galley assembly mounted in the lower housing section, the galley assembly including a sink, a water supply tank, a water dispenser pump and a thermally...     

A marine vehicle comprising a hull, a deck supported by the hull, and a seat including an L-shaped bracket including a generally horizontal portion having an upper surface, and a generally vertical portion having a front surface, a seat bottom member including a bottom surface connected to the upper...     

A sport fishing seat for fishing boats is provided with a saddle seat and a foot pedal assembly. In one version the foot pedal assembly pivots of the seat support which enables a fisherman to utilize the leg muscles while reeling in a game fish. The foot pedal assembly in that version includes a tubular...     

A collapsible privacy chamber preferably for use aboard a boat or other watercraft is provided. The privacy chamber includes an openable enclosure having an openable top, a sectional support member, mechanism for anchoring the sectional support member inside of the openable enclosure, an upper suppport...     

On a rowboat with fixed installed rowing seats (4) and outriggers which can move in relation to them in the longitudinal direction of the boat, the outriggers are designed as slideable outriggers (1) which can slide on a single linear guide (11) like sleds, without tipping, forward or backward. In one...     

A hull configuration for a small watercraft that provides a tandem straddle type seating arrangement to the rear of a bridge on which the steering handle is formed. In addition, a forward seat is also provided and the hull is configured so that the buoyancy increases if a rider shifts to the forward...     

A seat for an inflatable boat is disclosed characterized by use of an elongate beam member adapted to support a user thereon and a pair arcuate end panels sized to extend about the tubular side walls of the inflatable boat and securely affix the seat at any desired position within the interior of the...     

A marine vehicle comprising a hull, a floor supported by the hull, and a convertible sofa-sleeper supported by the floor and including a seat bottom member having a forward end and being supported for movement between a horizontal position wherein the seat bottom member extends substantially horizontally,...     

A sailboard including hull, mast and rigged sail assembly and a foot operated rudder pivotally and rotatably mounted to the stern of the hull, with the rudder being adjustable longitudinally to the different heights of sailboard users while maintaining the same or desired craft displacement of the sailboard...     

A marine vehicle comprising a hull, a floor supported by the hull, and a convertible seat/sleeper supported by the floor and including a seat bottom member having a forward end, and a mechanism supporting the seat bottom member for movement between a horizontal position wherein the seat bottom member...     

A marine vehicle comprising a first generally vertical wall, a second generally vertical wall extending generally perpendicular to the first wall, a first seat bottom member, a second seat bottom member, a hinge mechanism supporting the first seat bottom member for movement between a first position wherein...     

A seat pedestal mount for boats, which is characterized by strength, stability, easy of installation and convenience in maintenance. The pedestal mount includes a base plate for mounting in the deck of a boat, the base plate having a round plate flange for securing the base plate to the boat deck and...     

A marine vehicle comprising a hull, a deck supported by the hull, and a seat apparatus mounted on the deck and including a generally vertical seat back member, a seat bottom member moveable relative to the seat back member between a horizontal position wherein the seat bottom member extends generally...     

This invention is a transom-mounted combination casting seat and anti-drift fin, herein called a transom fin seat. The transom fin seat includes a fin stem, a fin deployed at the bottom of the fin stem, a rigid or pivoting casting seat affixed to the top of the fin stem and a mounting mechanism affixed...     

A molded foot brace for a kayak is disclosed having only three major parts which include a molded flange bar (20) having flanges (24, 26) received within a T-shaped channel (44) of an adjustable foot rest bracket (40). A flexible lever (58) is integral with the foot rest bracket and may be flexed to...     

A propulsion and exercise device transmitting human energy from both the upper and lower body simultaneously. A frame (20) contains a rotatable upwardly extending mast (30) to which a foot engaging structure (38) is attached by linkage (48). A collapsible backrest (22) is situated on the frame and movable...     

A number of embodiments of small watercraft hull configurations wherein water may be permitted to enter into a rider's foot area if desired. Water barrier devices are incorporated, however, that will preclude water entry under normal running conditions.

A marine vehicle comprising a deck, and an L-shaped seat including a seat back member, the seat back member including a first portion, and a second portion generally perpendicular to the first portion, the seat being mounted on the deck for pivotal movement about a generally vertical axis and between...     

A seat pedestal mount for boats, which is characterized by strength, stability, ease of installation and convenience in maintenance. The seat pedestal mount includes a base plate for mounting in the deck of a boat, the base plate having a plate flange for securing the base plate to the boat deck and...     

An improved hull configuration for a small watercraft wherein the rider's area floor, which opens through the rear of the hull, has an upwardly inclined rear portion that offers a brace for the rider's feet but which is sufficiently shallow so that to permit the water to be discharged from the area and...     

A hull configuration for a small watercraft of the jet propelled type that is designed to accommodate one or more riders seated in straddle fashion on a seat with a pair of depressed foot wells on opposite sides of the seat that extend through the transom of the hull. An elongated cavity is formed in...     

A seat construction for a boat comprises a support sleeve arranged for mounting on the boat with a longitudinal axis vertically of the boat. A seat support element is slidable longitudinally of the sleeve and is confined by an upper bearing element of the sleeve and a lower bearing element of the sleeve....     

A small watercraft having a detachable seat that is affixed to the hull by a latching mechanism that is positioned at the rear of the seat and which is operated by an operator accessible at the side of the seat and by a rider seated on the seat when he is positioned thereon.

A river raft comprising a first solid pontoon having a hollow interior and a second solid pontoon also having a hollow interior. The first and second pontoons are connected together in a manner so as to define a central portion between the pontoons. The central portion has a depth of less than that of...