Patent ID: 8316788

Claim:
A collapsible watercraft, comprising: a panel configuration formed of a stiff, creasable and foldable panel, said panel being provided with a plurality of permanent fold lines to define a plurality of living hinges, said living hinges extending in said panel in a predetermined pattern to enable said panel to be folded along said living hinges from a first, generally planar disposition to a second, assembled disposition in which portions of said panel form a manifold that integrally defines the keel, hull, sides, and deck of a kayak configuration; said panel including a pair of opposed side edges, and said panel is foldable along said living hinges about a longitudinal axis to form said manifold as a tubular shape in which said opposed side edges are folded inwardly each toward the other and brought together in a longitudinal plane to form said kayak configuration; further including means for releasably joining said opposed side edges to enclose said kayak configuration.