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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Lifetime Products, Inc., Clearfield, UT (US);
Inventors:
Edward VanNimwegen, North Ogden, UT (US);
Brent Steed, Syracuse, UT (US);
Tim Niemier, Bellingham, WA (US);
Assignee:
Lifetime Products, Inc., Clearfield, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 35/00 (2006.01); B63B 35/73 (2006.01); B63B 35/71 (2006.01); B63B 17/00 (2006.01); B63B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 17/00 (2013.01); B63B 35/73 (2013.01); B63B 35/71 (2013.01); B63B 2035/715 (2013.01); B63B 13/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one example, a watercraft, such as a kayak, is provided that includes a body, at least a portion of the body having a unitary one-piece construction. The body includes a hull and a cockpit that is integral with the hull, and the cockpit includes a seating area. Finally, the example watercraft includes a backrest connected to the body near the seating area and rotatable between a substantially vertical orientation and a substantially horizontal orientation, and movement of the backrest is limited to rotational motion.