Inflatable water sports board rack
| Title: | Inflatable water sports board rack |
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| Patent Number: | 11046,399 |
| Publication Date: | June 29, 2021 |
| Appl. No: | 16/341675 |
| Application Filed: | October 13, 2017 |
| Abstract: | An inflatable water sports board rack includes an inflatable tube comprising multiple paired inflatable uprights with gaps between the uprights configured to receive at least one water sports board there between; wherein the inflatable tube comprises an inflation valve for inflating the inflatable water sports board rack. A modular inflatable docking system as a kit of parts includes an inflatable water sports board rack as a pair of single inflatable retainers and at least one of: a floatable or inflatable platform to be coupled thereto. |
| Inventors: | Nautibuoy Marine Limited (Devon, GB); Builder, Clay Livingston (Devon, GB); Anderson, Nina (Devon, GB) |
| Assignees: | Nautibuoy Marine Limited (Devon, GB) |
| Claim: | 1. A floating and inflatable solo water sports board rack comprising: an inflatable tube having a rectangular shape from a top view, the inflatable tube-comprising multiple paired inflatable vertical free ending uprights with gaps between the vertical free ending uprights configured to receive at least one water sports board there between; and wherein the inflatable tube comprises an inflation valve for inflating the inflatable water sports board rack. |
| Claim: | 2. The inflatable water sports board rack of claim 1 , wherein the gaps between the vertical free ending uprights comprise an additional protective layer located on at least one of: an inflatable tube base between the gaps, either side of the gaps on the paired inflatable vertical free ending uprights. |
| Claim: | 3. The inflatable water sports board rack of claim 1 , further comprising a ballast water-Tillable bag configured to fill automatically when located in a vertically down position. |
| Claim: | 4. The inflatable water sports board rack of claim 3 , wherein the ballast water-fillable bag is located at, at least one of: a plurality of corners of the inflatable water sports board rack; at a mid-point along the inflatable tube, at an ends of the inflatable tube, on an underside of the inflatable tube. |
| Claim: | 5. The inflatable water sports board rack of claim 1 , further comprising weights located in a plurality of corners of the inflatable water sports board rack. |
| Claim: | 6. The inflatable water sports board rack of claim 1 , wherein the inflatable water sports board rack comprises a plurality of individually inflatable connected chambers, each chamber comprising a respective inflation valve and a pressure release valve. |
| Claim: | 7. The inflatable water sports board rack of claim 1 , wherein the multiple paired inflatable vertical free ending uprights are configured to receive there between at least one water sports board from a group of: a stand-up paddle board, a windsurfing board, a kite surfing board, a surf board, a wake board. |
| Claim: | 8. The inflatable water sports board rack of claim 7 , wherein the multiple paired inflatable vertical free ending uprights are configured with a variation of gaps in order to receive at least two different water sports boards. |
| Claim: | 9. The inflatable water sports board rack of claim 1 , wherein the inflatable tube is configured to be coupleable to at least one floatable or at least one inflatable platform. |
| Claim: | 10. The inflatable water sports board rack of claim 9 , wherein the inflatable tube is configured to be coupleable to a floatable or inflatable platform using an air toggle mechanism. |
| Claim: | 11. The inflatable water sports board rack of claim 10 , wherein the air toggle mechanism comprises air toggle loops connected to the floatable or inflatable platform and configured such that, in use, the inflatable tube is deflated and is passed between the air toggle loops and the deflated inflatable tube is then inflated to secure the floatable or inflatable platform to the inflatable tube. |
| Claim: | 12. The inflatable water sports board rack of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of air-toggle loops configured to receive the inflatable tube when deflated and secure the inflatable tube when inflated. |
| Claim: | 13. The inflatable water sports board rack of claim 1 , wherein the inflatable vertical free ending uprights are provided with a board retainer ring, configured to secure, at least one of: paddles, boards onto the inflatable water sports board rack. |
| Claim: | 14. The inflatable water sports board rack of claim 1 , wherein the inflatable tube also comprises at least one pressure release valve. |
| Claim: | 15. The inflatable water sports board rack of claim 1 , further comprising at least one anchor point configured such that the inflatable water sports board rack is anchorable. |
| Claim: | 16. A floating and inflatable water sports board rack comprising: a pair of single inflatable retainers, each including one inflatable base tube comprising in use, multiple paired inflatable vertical free ending uprights with gaps between the vertical free ending uprights; an additional protective layer on the inflatable base tube to ease a sliding in of the boards; wherein the pair of single inflatable retainers is configured, when coupled together, to receive between the paired vertical free ending uprights at least one water sports board stored vertically. |
| Claim: | 17. A floating and inflatable water sports board rack comprising: a pair of single inflatable retainers, each including one inflatable base tube comprising in use, multiple paired inflatable vertical free ending uprights with gaps between the vertical free ending uprights; an additional protective layer on the inflatable base tube in the gaps and/or either side of the gaps on the paired inflatable uprights to ease a sliding in of the boards; wherein the pair of single inflatable retainers is configured to be attached to a floatable or inflatable platform using an air toggle mechanism, wherein the air toggle mechanism comprises air toggle loops connected to the floatable or inflatable platform and configured such that, in use, the inflatable tube is deflated and is passed between the air toggle loops and the deflated inflatable tube is then inflated to secure the floatable or inflatable platform to the inflatable tube. |
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| Primary Examiner: | Novosad, Jennifer E. |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Optimus Patents US, LLC |
| Accession Number: | edspgr.11046399 |
| Database: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| Language: | English |
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