Patent ID: 7347755
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A sectionalized, stringerless surfboard or windsurfer board having first and second sections, said first section detachably assembled with said second section, each said section having at least one mating surface and a plastic foam core covered with a plastic skin, a joining means having two joining bolts and two joining assemblies each mounted proximate left and right sides of said board, each said joining assembly having first and second mating joining parts, said first joining part glued in said first board section and said second joining part glued in said second board section, each of said joining parts having parts molded in a molded plastic, each said joining part glued to said foam and to said skin of the respective one of said sections; said first joining part having a top rectangular metal plate and a bottom rectangular metal plate each partially embedded in said molded plastic with said metal plates partially protruding from said mating surface, said protruding part of said top metal plate having a hole for receiving said joining bolt and said protruding part of said bottom plate having a threaded hole for engaging said joining bolt; said second joining part having said plastic molding with matching recesses for accommodating said top and bottom protruding metal plates of said first joining part, a tube molded inside said plastic molding, said tube fitting between said protruding metal plates of said first joining part when said joining parts are assembled, said joining bolt passing through said tube when said board sections are joined, each said joining bolt passing through a hole in said skin of said second section, a hole in said second joining part, said hole in said top metal plate of said first joining part, through said tube molded in said second joining part, and tightened in said threaded hole in said bottom metal plate of said first joining part; wherein said board is without a stringer.