Patent ID: 9290244
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B63B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for walking and resting upon water, the apparatus comprising: two inflatable pontoons each having a top and bottom surface with respective holes on the top surface for a footwell and for a plurality of platform support sleeves; a plurality of footwell supports extending between an inside surface of a side wall of each footwell and an inside surface of the pontoon, the footwell supports being disposed within the pontoon to either side of the footwell, below a top of the hole for the footwell in the top surface of the pontoon; a platform support that expands and contracts when in use so as to accommodate variable spacing between the pontoons while connecting the pontoons together, the platform support comprising a horizontal sliding tube received within a horizontal holding tube, the sliding tube withdrawing from the holding tube as the pontoons are moved apart and the sliding tube advancing within the holding tube as the pontoons are moved towards one another so that the platform support is automatically adjustable in width to accommodate a variable distance between the pontoons; a platform including a top, and bottom, so as to allow a user to sit on the top of the platform; wherein each platform support further comprises a neck, the bottom of the platform comprising corresponding holes into which the neck of a corresponding platform support is received so as to hold down and secure the platform to the platform supports while allowing the platform to ride freely above the platform supports as each neck rotates freely within the corresponding hole in the bottom of the platform.