Patent ID: 7185600

Claim:
An inflatable kayak comprising: an inflatable peripheral structure defining at least one buoyancy chamber having elongated side sections that come together at a fore section and a aft section to form a passenger compartment, an inflatable floor cushion supporting a floor of the passenger compartment, the floor cushion including a top wall, a bottom wall, and at least one side gusset, wherein the surface area of the top wall is less than the surface area of the bottom wall, and, a plurality of elongated, I-beam baffles extending between the top wall and the bottom wall, each I-beam baffle having a midpoint, between the fore section and aft section, and an end, wherein the height of at least one I-beams baffle measured from the junction of the top wall to the junction of the bottom wall is greater at the midpoint of the baffle than at the end of the baffle.