Abstract: A universal fit accessory platform mount uses a pair of coextensive base legs with extensions slidably disposed within either end of the base legs. The extensions have tube clamps on a distal end thereof, the clamps attached to the t-top of a boat. Each extension is slid within the base legs so that its tube clamps align with a leg of the boat's t-top and each extension is attached to the t-top via the tube clamps. Once the extensions are attached and the accessory platform that is attached to the base legs is centered, the base legs are locked to the extensions to prevent sliding movement of the extensions with respect to the base legs.

Abstract: A tent is designed for use in the air, connected at its vertices to trees or the like. The tent is further designed with enough support from an independent support structure to create a shelter there-in while in the air or on the ground. Further, the tent is built atop a floating mat or base. In order to provide enough strength to the base that it can be used to float the entire tent or hold the tent airborne, straps extend from each vertex of the mat through a central portal and connect back to themselves. From these straps, loops are further created to attach the tent, by way of the loops, to trees while the entirety of the mat is buoyant enough to hold the tent and people there-in afloat.

Abstract: An easy fold layout hunting blind framework structure comprises two upper supporting frames, two side supporting frames, and four supporting feet. When folding, four supporting feet can be folded towards four foot stocks, and two side supporting frames can turn downwards to come close to each other, and two upper supporting frames can be folded towards the two side supporting frames and, thus, the operation is easy. On the other hand, when developing for use, the only thing to do is to develop two side supporting frames, and develop four supporting feet, when turning both upper supporting frames so as to make their straight portions closely press each other thereby completing the developing operation. The operation is simple without using hand tools or detaching any component parts.

Abstract: A collapsible amphibious hunting blind includes an inflatable camouflaged bladder including a waterproof floor and an upper mesh canopy structure to stealthily conceal a user inside during a water fowl hunting or observing activity. The inflatable blind provides an inner space capable of containing a slightly reclined and seated user being positioned between raised side wall portions allowing a user to float on a body of water. The blind includes an air pump for inflating the blind prior to use. The blind further includes a pair of wheels along a bottom surface for transportation across a ground surface when in an inflated state and also includes a carrying bag for transporting in a deflated and folded state.

Abstract: A buoyant wading aid has a generally U-shaped body. The body includes a front portion and rearwardly extending legs. A pair of handles are provided on the legs. A storage container may be tethered to the body of wading aid to be towed behind the body when in use. The storage container may be adjusted into a transport configuration between and supported by the legs. The handles may be rigidly attached to a frame that provides structural support for the body of the wading aid.

Abstract: A hard shell cover hunting blind for a boat that may be left on while transporting the boat to the water. The shell has an open back that allows full visibility when moving. A camouflage covering is secured to a hoop in the back that can be quickly dropped down. Two large clamshell doors are placed in the front. The shell has a sliding door that opens up the sides of the blind. This provides easy access into and out of the boat as well as for placing decoys, etc. In addition, there is a curved top that is mounted on slides. This top can be pulled to either side to provide a full 360° filed of vision and a large shooting port. No tools are needed to operate the system of doors or to remove and install the clamshell front pieces.

Abstract: A portable, boat-supported duck blind that is collapsible and adjustable to fit most conventional boats. The boat mounted blind of the present invention includes two substantially identical elongated members, said members are positioned parallel to each other along both sides of the boat, front and rear cross-posts are connected to the elongated members, and first and second upper rails are connected to the cross-posts. Each elongated member is attached to a side of the boat with a pair of bendable posts, and a pair of cylinders is attached to the boat and the elongated members to assist the user in raising or collapsing the blind with minimal effort.

Abstract: A semi-submersible hunting vessel is provided. A hunter can move the vessel to a designated hunting area and partially submerge the vessel to reduce the visibility of the vessel and hunter to flying game. The vessel includes a hull, at least one ballast chamber, a dry chamber, and one or more pumps for filling and evacuating the ballast chamber. In another embodiment, the vessel contains fore and aft ballast chambers for added stabilization. Additionally, the vessel may be equipped with a motor, which vertically adjusts to the level of the water by sliding up or down along one or more float guides, along with camouflaging, such as a canopy or a device for installing natural vegetation.

Abstract: A portable flotation platform is disclosed for use in supporting a load of equipment, hunting dogs, or personnel above the level of a body of water. The platform includes a deck constructed to be of an overall density less than that of water and sized so as to support the load above the level of the water. An anchor extends down to the bottom of the water and up to the deck to hold the deck on station in the water. The deck is provided with a carrying attachment to facilitate the user carrying the deck to a point of deployment at the water. The deck further has anchor storage for carrying the anchor along with the deck to the point of deployment.

Abstract: A boat mounted hunting blind to aid hunters in hunting game, particularly water fowl; wherein, at least two pontoons are connected together, preferably in parallel orientation, by way of a bridging platform. Above the platform there is hingedly attached a collapsible canopy, preferably camouflaged in design, within which the hunter may be concealed in a seated or standing position while scouting and shooting game. Above the canopy there is removably attached a detachable roof, preferably camouflage in design, for providing weather protection for the hunter and further concealment.

Abstract: A collapsible hunting blind for use with a vehicle such as a boat has a framework and a cover, where the framework has several parts, including tree-shaped frames with several arms and a vertical post, crossbars, and a lid frame. Each tree-shaped frame is mounted to a crossbar coupled to the vehicle. The cover is attached to the framework and extends over the lid frame to form a lid. Persons traveling in the vehicle are thus concealed when the lid is closed. When the blind is collapsed, each arm folds against the vertical post and the entire tree-shaped frame folds to a side of the vehicle.

Abstract: A boat mounted hunting blind to aid hunters in hunting game, particularly water fowl; wherein, at least two pontoons are connected together, preferably in parallel orientation, by way of a bridging platform. Above the platform there is hingedly attached a collapsible canopy, preferably camouflaged in design, within which the hunter may be concealed in a seated or standing position while scouting and shooting game. Above the canopy there is removably attached a detachable roof, preferably camouflage in design, for providing weather protection for the hunter and further concealment.

Abstract: A motorless water craft used to carry objects, or more particularly to aid hunters and hunting dogs in the retrieval of game, particularly water fowl. The motorless water craft is utilized as a trailing vessel, to be towed by, or attached to, a hunter's lead boat. Specifically, at least two pontoons are connected together, preferably in parallel orientation, by various platforms and a tow bar. The various platforms serve as a place for the dog to drop retrieved game, to ride or rest while waiting to retrieve game, and to mount or dismount the water craft. The platforms are of a design and material, such as plywood wrapped in a water proof material, that may adequately support the weight of the dog and that are able to maintain a viable connection to the pontoons. Atop the platforms there is hingedly attached a canopy, preferably in camouflaged design, within which the dog may be concealed while waiting to retrieve game.

Abstract: A hunting accessory comprises a pair of essentially identical shells which are removably attachable to one another by hinges. At least one shell comprises an unbroken, continuous, waterproof hull useful as the lower portion of a blind in water or marshy areas. A second shell may include a separate openable portion with viewing openings disposed over the hunter's head and upper body when the assembly is used as a blind with a supine hunter concealed therein. The smaller portion is opened when the hunter has a shot at game in the vicinity. The device may also be used for the carriage of hunting equipment, and/or is useful as a closed container for containing and hauling loose materials (leaves, etc.) in an open vehicle. The two shells may be separated from one another, with one of the shells being useful as a game drag or the like.

Abstract: A portable flotation platform is disclosed for use in supporting a load of equipment or hunting dogs above the level of a shallow body of water. The platform includes a deck constructed to be of an overall density less than that of water and sized so as to support the load above the level of the water. An anchor extends down to the bottom of the water and up to the deck to hold the deck on station in the water. The deck is provided with a carrying attachment to facilitate the user carrying the deck to the point of deployment on the water.

Abstract: A horizontal shotgun and/or rifle rack assembly for hunting boats includes first and second racks to be mounted forward and aft of each other on a side of a boat. The first and second racks each have upper and lower, upwardly opening, U-shaped gun cradles for receiving, supporting and removably retaining barrels and/or butt stocks of two shotguns and/or rifles and supporting the two shotguns and/or rifles horizontally one above the other. Preferably, the gun cradles each have mechanisms for closing the upper opening in the cradle to prevent a gun from falling out of the racks should a boat overturn.

Abstract: The present personal watercraft is comprised of a hull with a center portion, and a pair of elongated side pontoons extending substantially behind the center portion. A rear-facing seat is arranged on the rear of the center portion. The rear of the hull behind the seat and between the pontoons is open for enabling a rider to kick for propulsion. The center portion and the pontoons each have a curved bottom for improving directional control. The hull includes a bow with a substantially slanted bottom, and sides that converge to a point for improving speed and gliding over seaweed. The hull is preferably made of a floatable rigid material. A watertight storage compartment is provided in the center portion for stowing equipment. Seat belts are connected across the seat for securing a rider in rough water. A removable apron is stretched across the pontoons behind the seat for use in fly fishing. A detachable harness attached to the top of the pontoons allow the watercraft to be carried on the back of a person.

Abstract: A vertical shotgun or rifle mount for hunting boats and the like includes a mounting bracket for holding a shotgun or rifle in a substantially vertical position with a muzzle of the shotgun or rifle pointing upward. The mounting bracket includes a first retaining means adjacent the base of the mounting bracket for receiving and holding the butt end of a shotgun or rifle stock and maintaining the butt end of the shotgun or rifle stock above the bottom of a boat and a second retaining means adjacent the upper end of the mounting bracket means for receiving and holding the receiver of a shotgun or rifle. The mounting bracket has a clamp or other securement device for securing the mounting bracket to the side of a hunting boat with the base of the mounting bracket above the bottom of the hunting boat and the upper end of the mounting bracket projecting above a gunnel of the side of the hunting boat less than twelve inches.

Abstract: A collapsible portable bale shaped field blind for wildlife observers and hunters generally includes a cylindrical and collapsible tubular frame supported upon a sled-like base. The frame, when fully extended, has a cylindrical shape much like that of a hay bale. In a collapsed shape, the frame is completely folded down suitably into a sled base. The frame has a camouflage waterproof fabric fastened there over and cooperates with the folding of the frame. A stand-up hatchway which is covered by a camouflaged arcuate door frame is pivotally mounted on the top of the collapsible frame. A stretch cord is provided which biases the arcuate door frame into either the fully open or fully closed position. Windows and viewing slots are also provided.

Abstract: A collapsible boat mounted blind having a front bow and a rear bow pivotally attached to the side rails of a boat for forward and rearward vertical pivoting movement about a horizontal axis between a first blind down position and a second blind opened position. The blind further includes a pair of front and rear posts each pivotally attached to each side rail for forward and rearward vertical pivoting movement. A pair of connecting means attached to the respective front post and the respective rear post connects the posts in an upright position and are capable of being manually connected and disconnected. Cables provide tension between the front bow and front angle posts and the rear bow and rear angle posts when the connecting means are connected to hold the bows and angle posts in relative fixed positions. A blind material attaches to the structure and the boat using nylon tie straps.

Abstract: A one person hunting blind is described in which an elongated rigid substantially water tight shell includes a bottom wall, longitudinal side walls, bow and stern end walls joining the side walls, and a top deck wall. The walls define an open occupant receiving compartment. The top deck wall includes an opening extending from the stern end toward the bow end, openly communicating with the occupant receiving compartment. The walls are shaped to receive a single occupant in a supine position with the occupant's legs and feet being covered by the top deck wall. In a preferred form, a wheel mounting member is provided on the shell between the bow and stern end walls and at least one wheel is removably mounted to the wheel mounting member and engageable with a ground surface to facilitate moving the shell over the ground surface. Floats are provided in a preferred form of the blind.

Abstract: A portable shelter (10) provides protection for users (18) of an individual float tube (12) or a pontoon style kick board (76). The shelter (10) comprises a covering 32 having transparent front panels (39), transparent side and rear panels (34,37), and translucent or opaque lower front panels (36a), side panels (36c) and rear panels (36b). A flexible longitudinal rod (38) and transverse rod (40) maintain the dome-like configuration of the shelter (10). It is easily mounted on the top surface (22) of the tube (12) by using the straps (60) and side straps (53) and by inserting the transverse rod (40) into side pockets (58) that are in turn inserted between the handles (14) and the tube (12). A rear strap (50) and side straps (60) further secure the shelter (10) to the tube (12). The front flaps (39) open to provide access for fishing, hunting, photography, and the like, or they may be zipped shut for protection from the elements and greater concealment.

Abstract: A propulsion device for persons in an upright position in water has a loose flexible panel within a reinforced border; the panel is attached to the frontal lower leg by a knee strap at its top and by ankle and foot straps at its bottom. Walking or striding motions of the wearer's legs cause the material of the panel to billow out and provide resistance against the water when the wearer's leg moves backward, propelling the wearer forward through the water; the panel collapses against the leg and conforms to its shape when the leg is moved forward, offering little or no increased resistance to the water.

Abstract: A one-man vessel ideally suited for fishing includes a pair of rigid support pontoons that are interconnected by cross-frame members to provide a solid base from which a number of accessory components are mounted. A seat with a foldable back is supported on the cross frame members along with a stripping apron having storage pouches and a work table surface. Oar locks, fishing pole supports, fish finders and other accessory items are easily attached along the outer side of the pontoons while a cooler can be supported from the seat back for ready access by an operator. A storage rack is also provided between the pontoons for retaining and supporting additional fishing gear or the like that might be desired on the vessel.

Abstract: A fixture for holding a natural material such as tree branches for the purposes of constructing a camouflage screen, the fixture utilizing a section of metal conduit bent into an acute angle, with a metal fastener crimped at the apex of the bend; the fastener can be an elongate wood screw or an elongate bolt having an angular bend along its length. The fastener is affixed to the apex of the conduit bend by a weldment.

Abstract: A water craft with a removable duck blind cabin house assembly is described. A circumferential gunwale defines an open passenger compartment with a sole deck surface below and inboard of the gunwale. A duck blind cabin house structure is removably attached to the hull along the perimeter of the gunwale to selectively enclose the passenger compartment. A duck blind camouflage receiver is provided on the cabin house structure for releasably mounting camouflage materials about the craft. Mounting members on the hull and cabin house structure (a) secure the cabin house structure to the hull in a first condition at least partially covering the hull and forming the passenger compartment so the water craft may be utilized as a duck blind, and (b) release the cabin house structure for removal from the hull for use as an open boat.

Abstract: A collapsible duck blind for attachment to a boat, being fully adjustable for both width and length to accommodate most conventional boats. In a preferred embodiment, the blinds include four hinged support legs, each having a foot securable to a surface of the boat and an upper end attached to a frame having a pair of movable support structures on either side thereof. A cover is provided for concealing the duck blind and the hunter(s) positioned in the boat, a portion of the blind being movable with the support structures between call and shoot positions. With both support structures lowered to their shoot positions, the hunters' unobstructed range of shooting is a full 360.degree.. With both support structures raised, the hunter is adequately concealed but can still visibly track ducks or other water fowl through a central gap in the blind.

Abstract: A portable personal floatation device for water sports such as fishing and the like is constructed of a light material such as styrofoam and has a main cross panel with an opening for a user to fit through so the floatation device surrounds the user. The device is designed to be easily accessible for the user, with a door provided on a side panel. The central opening in the main panel of the device accommodates the occupant to carry the device and wade into the water, and as the device begins to float, the occupant may sit on the main panel of the device.

Abstract: A boat supported blind including first frame structure having a first frame member for being coupled to the first sidewall of the boat, a second frame member for being coupled to the second sidewall of the boat, and a third frame member for joining the upper ends of the first and second frame members; a second frame structure having a first frame member for being coupled to the first sidewall of the boat, a second frame member for being coupled to the second sidewall of the boat, and a third frame member for joining the upper ends of the first and second frame members; and cover structure for substantially covering the frame structures and the boat. The cover structure includes a first cover member for covering the first frame members of the first and second frame structures, and a second cover member for covering the second frame members and a portion of the third frame members of the first and second frame structures.

Abstract: In a fisherman's float propelling system, a trolling motor is mounted on a panel adapted to be secured to the calf portion of a user's leg so that, with the fisherman's leg extended horizontally forwardly, the longitudinal axis of the motor is disposed substantially parallel with the surface of a body of water. The motor is energized and its propeller moves the fisherman, his float and a battery supporting auxiliary float to a selected location.

Abstract: A portable personal floatation device for water sports such as fishing and the like is constructed of a light material such as styrofoam and has a horizontal main panel with an opening for a user to fit through so the floatation device surrounds the user. The device is designed to be easily accessible for the user, with a door provided on a side panel. The central opening in the main panel of the device accommodates the occupant to carry the device and wade into the water, and as the device begins to float, the occupant may sit on the main panel of the device.

Abstract: A foldable sink box consisting of a rigid plasticized hull and a buoyant platform having a large central aperture for engagement by the rigid hull in assembled condition. The hull defines a relatively deep well, for sitting engagement by a hunter. The platform defines two halves, interconnected by an intermediate lengthwisely-extending hinge member. Locking brackets releasably lockingly interconnect the platform to the top edge portion of the rigid hull, concurrently with releasably locking the platform halves in coplanar fashion.

Abstract: A device for clamping a boat to a post or tree in the water to stabilize the boat against tipping. A clamp which is secured to the boat mounts a hinged shoe which can be brought to bear against the side of the tree. A chain or strap is passed from the shoe around the tree and is tightened down with an toggle lever, thereby rigidly holding the shoe, and hence the boat, to the tree.

Abstract: A duck blind adapted for mounting on the gunwales of a boat hull includes separate bow, stern and central frame sections adapted for use on various size boats. Camouflage designed cover sections with windows are provided for each frame section and are removably connected by zippers to provide a cover over the entire boat. Desired access points or shooting stations from the boat to the outside are obtained by the stragetically arrangement of zippered fasteners. A reticulated camouflage type curtain is arranged inside the cover sections to provide concealment for the hunter when designated cover sections are unzippered. A separate zippered section in the central cover provides ingress and egress for the hunter's dog and the reticulated curtain can be arranged by appropriate zippering to provide an enclosure about the dog's station within the boat to protect the hunter from the water spray when the dog returns to the boat from the water and shakes itself off.

Abstract: A collapsible frame structure for supporting the covering of a hunting blind on a boat, the frame structure including a pair of laterally adjustable U-shaped tubular frame members hingedly connected together. At least one of the tubular members being connected to, or received within a socket of a universal mount at each side of the boat. The socket is pivotably mounted on articulating brackets pivotably carried by a C-shaped clamp removeably clamped to each side wall of the boat and spanning the gunwales. The other of the tubular members includes members at the end thereof for abutting the gunwales spaced from the clamps. With this construction the tubualar frame members and thus the blind are readily collapsible and may be mounted and dismounted in a matter of minutes.