Patent ID: 9033753
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: B63B,B63H

Abstract:
1. A paddle, comprising: an elongated paddle shaft having an internal lumen, a proximal end, a distal end, and a distal opening at the distal end, wherein the distal opening leads to the internal lumen; a paddle blade secured to the proximal end of the paddle shaft; a sail assembly comprising a sail and a collapsible support structure, wherein the sail assembly comprises a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein in the stowed configuration the support structure and sail assembly are slidingly stowed within the paddle shaft internal lumen, in the deployed configuration the support structure and sail extend outwardly from the paddle shaft distal end, wherein the collapsible support structure comprises a mast and a boom, wherein the mast comprises a mast proximal end and a mast distal end and the boom comprises a boom proximal end and a boom distal end, and wherein the boom proximal end is hingedly secured to the mast at a boom attachment point, and wherein in the stowed configuration the mast, boom, and sail are slidingly positioned within the paddle shaft internal lumen with the boom substantially parallel to the mast, wherein in the deployed configuration the sail, mast, and boom are positioned outside of the paddle shaft internal lumen with the boom substantially non-parallel to the mast, wherein the sail assembly transforms from the stowed configuration to the deployed configuration by hingedly rotating the boom to a substantially non-parallel orientation from the mast.