IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,305,845
Granted Patent B2
US 11,305,845 · App. 16/965,708 · Granted Apr 19, 2022

Stand-up inflatable paddle board

Inventor: Philip Thomas Hawthorne (Modbury, GB)
Assignee: Red Paddle Co Limited
B63B32/51B63B3/48B63B21/04
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,305,845
App. No.
16/965,708
Granted
Apr 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A stand-up inflatable paddle board ( 2 ) comprising (i) a deck ( 4 ); (ii) a valve ( 6 ) for enabling the stand-up inflatable paddle board ( 2 ) to be inflated and deflated; (iii) indicator means ( 12 ) for indicating that the stand-up inflatable paddle board ( 2 ) requires at least one fold which is longitudinal when the stand-up inflatable paddle board ( 2 ) is to be placed in a deflated condition; and (iv) at least one deck pad ( 8, 10 ) which extends longitudinally of the deck ( 4 ) and which is for receiving a user of the stand-up inflatable paddle board ( 2 ), and the stand-up inflatable paddle board ( 2 ) being such that (v) the deck pad ( 8, 10 ) causes the stand-up inflatable paddle board to have a gap ( 14 ) which permits the fold to be effected about the gap ( 14 ).

Claims (27)

1. A stand-up inflatable paddle board which is for a single user and which comprises:

(i) a deck;

(ii) a valve for enabling the stand-up inflatable paddle board to be inflated and deflated;

(iii) indicator means for indicating that the stand-up inflatable paddle board requires at least one fold which is longitudinal when the stand-up inflatable paddle board is to be placed in a deflated condition; and

(iv) at least one pair of deck pads for receiving the user of the stand-up inflatable paddle board, and wherein the deck pads extend longitudinally of the deck,

and the stand-up inflatable paddle board being such that:

(v) the deck has a top side and an underside;

(vi) the top side and the underside are such that water cannot pass through the deck from the underside to the top side;

(vii) the deck has a front portion which curves upwardly in use of the stand-up inflatable paddle board; and

(viii) the deck pads are spaced apart by a longitudinal gap which permits the fold to be effected about the gap.

2. A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 in which there is one pair of the deck pads, and in which the gap extends along a longitudinal central axis of the stand-up inflatable paddle board.

3. A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 in which there are two pairs of the deck pads, and in which the two pairs of the deck pads are symmetrically disposed about a longitudinal central axis of the stand-up inflatable paddle board.

4. A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 in which the indicator means is on the deck.

5. A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 in which the gap is configured to form the indicator means.

6. A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 and including auxiliary indicator means which is on an underside of the stand-up inflatable paddle board in use of the stand-up inflatable paddle board.

7. A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 6 in which the indicator means is on a top side of the stand-up inflatable paddle board, and in which the auxiliary indicator means is on the underside of the stand-up inflatable paddle board and in line with the indicator means.

8. A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 and including at least one stiffening member for stiffening the stand-up inflatable paddle board when it is in an inflated condition for use.

9. A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 8 in which there is at least one of the stiffening members on a top side of the stand-up inflatable paddle board, and at least one of the stiffening members on an underside of the stand-up inflatable paddle board.

10. A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 8 in which there are at least two of the stiffening members positioned one on either side of the indicator means.

11. A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 10 in which there are the same number of stiffening members on the underside of the stand-up inflatable paddle board as there are on the top side of the stand-up inflatable paddle board.

12. A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 8 in which the or each stiffening member is made of a flexible material.

13. A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 in which the valve is positioned on a left side of the deck.

14. A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 in which the valve is positioned on a right side of the deck.

15. A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 and including anchor means on the deck for enabling goods to be secured on the deck.

16. A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 15 which the anchor means comprises a plurality of eyelets.

17. A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 in which the stand-up inflatable paddle board is made of a drop stitch material.

18. A stand-up inflatable paddle board according to claim 1 and including at least one of a handle which is off-set from the fold and a pair of fins which are off-set from the fold.

Priority Claims (1)
GB 1801794 · Feb 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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