US859582A - Folding boat. - Google Patents

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ALBERT J. ROSIN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FOLDING BOAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application filed October 23, 1906. Serial No. 340,168.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT J. ROSIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Folding Boats, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to folding boats, and comprises particularly a skeleton frame made of foldable and detachable pieces and a cover formed of heavy canvas or the like which may be distended upon said frame,.or which will serve as a wrapper in which said pieces of the frame may be rolled to form a compact bundle suitable for convenient carriage.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the boat. Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views of parts of the frame, showing the manner in which the same is set up and collapsed. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

The boat is of the canoe type, both ends being similar. The keel is indicated at 6 and has the curved stems 7 hinged to the ends thereof as at 8, so that the stems may be folded down and in upon the keel, as shown in Fig. 3. The gunwales 9 have folding sections 10 at each of their ends, these sections being curved to form the bow, and hinged to the main gunwale strips as at 1], and also to each other as at 12. The hinges 11 allow the sections 10 to be folded into substantial parallelism, the parts being shown partly folded in Fig. 3. l The upper end of the stem 7 may be connected. to the gunwale sections by any suitable fastening, such as pins 13 which will slip into sockets on the under side of the sections '10.

When unfolded the gunwales are spread and held apart by means of a seat 14, and by rods 15 at each end which are hooked or otherwise connected to the opposite gunwale sections and serve to tie the same together. The keel is spaced by the stems 7 and also at the middle by a post 16 which may be set in under the seat and between said seat and the keel. Diagonal stays are also provided consisting of flexible strips 17 which cross at the post 16 and extend thence in contact with the sides of the boat to connection with the gunwale pieces 10, said connection being conveniently formed by straps 18 into which the reduced ends of said flexible strips are inserted when they are sprung into shape.

The covering 19 of the boat is preferably made of heavy canvas or other fabric rendered waterproof by proper treatment, and provided with cork or other light wood strips 20 spaced apart and running lengthwise on the inner side of the fabric. These strips must extend no farther than the ends of the gunwale sections'lO, otherwise they will prevent the inward fold or collapse of the canvas at the ends of the boat.

The boat can be quickly knocked down and folded up by taking out the seat and the post 16 and detaching the strips 17 from the straps 18 and unfastening the hooks 15. This will allow the end pieces of the gunwales to be folded in and the stems 7 to be folded down upon the keel. The canvas covering is fastened to all the gunwale sections andto the keel, but is not fastened to the stems. When the boat is so collapsed all the parts may be rolled up into a bundle convenient for packing or carrying.

The strips 20 of cork serve to stiffen and strengthen the shell or cover of the boat and they also render the heat more buoyant than would otherwise be the case,

making it, in fact, practically unsinkable, and adapting the same for use as a life-boat on vessels, on which a considerable number of such boats can be stored in small space, and taken out and set up if and when the occasion arises.

I claim:

1. In a folding boat, the combination with the keel and gunwales, of the end sections hinged to the gunwales and to each other and foldable inwardly between the gunwales, and the stems hinged to the keel and arranged to fold in and down upon the same.

2. In a folding boat, the combination with the keel and inwardly foldable stems and gunwale sections at the ends of the boat, of flexible diagonal strips resting upon the keel at the middle of the boat and extending from the gnnwale'sections at one end to the opposite sections at the other end.

3. In a folding boat, the combination with a frame having inwardly folding stems and gunwales, of a cover upon -the frame having strips secured thereto and extending lengthwise and terminating within the lines of fold of the gunwales.

4. A folding boat comprising a keel, stems hinged to the keel, to fold inwardly thereon, gunwales having hinged end sections foldable inwardly, a seat between the gunwales, a post between the seat and keel, and a flexible cover secured to the keel and gunwales.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT J. ROSIN.

Witnesses JOHN A. BOMMHARDT, SHIRLEY J. BOMMHARDT.

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