Patent ID: 8777683

Claim:
A portable aquatic floatation board having a substantially planar load-carrying top surface, a hull, a slab of buoyant material held therebetween and a skin of a given thickness covering said substantially planar load-carrying top surface and hull, which further comprises: a housing inserted in a cavity in said slab, said housing comprising: an aperture flush with said substantially planar load-carrying top surface; a peripheral wall having a lower edge; and a flat roof having said aperture and a marginal flange portion projecting outwardly beyond said wall; a handle assembly retractably ensconced into said housing; and, wherein said flat roof has a plurality of bores allowing evacuation of water and debris when the handle assembly is pushed into the housing; and, wherein said handle assembly comprises: a hand-graspable oblong member; a first shaft extending radially from said member and being moveably secured into said housing; and, a second shaft extending radially from said member and being moveably secured into said housing; wherein said first and second shafts extend orthogonally from opposite end regions of said member into a pair of commensurate wells formed in said housing; and wherein one of said shafts comprises at least one radial tab projecting into a slotted, closed-ended channel cut axially along one of said wells.