Patent ID: 9394038
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: B63B

Claim Text:
1. A paddle-retaining device for removably securing a paddle to a stand-up paddleboard in a vertical position, where the paddle-retaining device comprises a plug of semi-rigid material with a length and a width, where the plug has a front face, a back face, a top face, a bottom face and two side faces, and where the top face additionally comprises a paddle-retaining slit, where the paddle-retaining slit comprises a cavity built into the top face, where the paddle-retaining slit has a front side, a back side, a length, a depth, and a width, where the length of the slit is less than 10 inches, where the cavity has a normal state and a retaining state, where the normal state is that when there is no paddle inserted into the cavity, and, where the retaining state is that when a length of a blade portion of the paddle has been inserted into the cavity, and where in the retaining state at least a portion of the front side and at least a portion of the back side are in contact with the paddle where the plug is a trapezoidal prism with a width greater than a length, where the plug is attached to a stand up paddleboard with its width perpendicular to the length of the stand-up paddleboard, and where the depth of the slit is less than 4″.