US48342A - Improved sectional folding boat - Google Patents

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UNITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH H. LANING AND VERON FLETCHER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- VANIA, ASSIGN ORS TO VERON FLETCHER.

IMPROVED SECTIONAL FOLDING BOAT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,342, dated June 20, 1865; antedated June 15, i865.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known thatwe, JOSEPH H. LANING and VERON FLETCHER, of the city of Philadelphia, in the State lof Pennsylvania, have invented a newand Improved Mode of Constructing Folding-Up Boats; and We do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the aecornpanying drawings, making part ofthis specication, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal section Vof the boat open. Fig.2 indicates said section closed. Fig. 3 indicates a transverse section of bow open, showing a hulk-head. Fig. 4. is a view of Fig. 3 closed, minus the bulk-head. Fig. 5

is a perspective view` of section of how and.V

side frame of a boat. Fig. 6 indicates a View r of the vulcanized india-rubber tubing with seetion ot joint open, and Fig. 7 indicates Fig. 6 closed.

The letters A in Figs. 1 and 2 indicate the bow and stern ofa boat; Fig. 1, lthe open position; Fig. 2, the folded-up position.

Letter B in Figs. l, 2, 3, 4, and 5 indicates the several positions of the boat, as herein set forth.

Letter G in Figs. l, 2, 3, 4, and 5 indicates the keel o t' the boatin its several positions. l

Letter'l) in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 indicates the hinges and where affixed so as to forln the folding'up boat.

-Letter E in Fig.43 indicates the bow-deck when the boat is open. rIhe same letter in "Fig. 4. indicates the bow-deck when the boat is folded up.

Letter F in Figs. 6 and 7 indicates the vulcanized india-rubber tubing xed in the joints. Letter G in Fig. 6 indicates a section of the .When the boat is adjusted for use the ungrooved edge will press upon the tubing affixed in the groove, thereby forming a perfect Water-tight joint.

Y The open or adjusted position of the boats built upon this plan will be maintained 0r kept intact by the several seats, cnt fitting for that purpose, which must be removed from their beds when the boatis to be folded up.

`Boats built upon this plan can he of any shape and size.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure to our assi gnee by Letters Patent, is-

1 The peculiar manner of constructing boats of movable and adjustable sections, so connected with hinges, part thereof affixed on the inside of the boat and part thereof on the outside, so as tomove in harmony with each other,

whereby the boat can be opened and closed at will.

2. The combination of hinges, vulcanized indiatubing and movable and adjustable sections, for the purpose as hereinbei'ore more fully set forth, and substantially as described in both clauses.

J. H. LANINGV. VERON FLETCHER.`

Witnesses:

I. L. HUSBAND, B. N. LANING.

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