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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Peerson, High Point, NC (US);
Robert McDonough, Greensboro, NC (US);
William Smith, Trinity, NC (US);
Assignee:
Confluence Holdings Corp., Trinity, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 3/571 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 3/571 ;
Abstract
An improved paddle craft provides a boater with exterior controls to adjust items within the craft. The craft has a shell made of a substantially continuous surface to prevent the ingress of water and an adjustable item in the paddle craft affecting a boater's ergonomics, a cockpit and cockpit opening and at least one control opening within a boater's reach when the boater is sitting in the cockpit. A control for the adjustable item is mounted to the control opening, wherein the control has a manipulable handle at the control opening through a water resistant mount.