Patent ID: 9409627
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: B63B

Claim Text:
1. A collapsible watercraft assembly comprising: a first pontoon half having a first top surface, a first bottom surface opposite said first top surface, and at least one first post extending between a first base end and a first distal end with said first base end positioned closer to said first bottom surface than said first distal end, said first pontoon half extending longitudinally between a first stern and a first bow; a second pontoon half having a second top surface, a second bottom surface opposite said second top surface, and at least one second post extending between a second base end and a second distal end with said second base end positioned closer to said second bottom surface than said second distal end, said second pontoon half extending longitudinally between a second stern and a second bow; said first pontoon half and said second pontoon half positionable with respect to one another in an operating configuration and a stowed configuration, said operating configuration defined when said first stern and said second stern confront one another, and said stowed configuration defined when said first top surface and said second top surface confront one another; a frame member selectively engageable and disengageble with both of said first pontoon half and said second pontoon half, said frame member concurrently engageable with said at least one first post and said at least one second post to fix said first pontoon half and said second pontoon half together in said operating configuration, and said frame member disengageable with said at least one first post and said at least one second post to collapse said first pontoon half from said second pontoon half; and wherein said at least one first post and said at least one second post are selectively engageable and disengageble with one another, said at least one first post and said at least one second post are spaced from one another when said first pontoon half and said second pontoon half are in said operating configuration, and said at least one first post and said at least one second post are interconnected with one another when said first pontoon half and said second pontoon half are in said stowed configuration.