Charlie, you may be on to something.
I have always been a DIY sort of outdoorsman - be it backpacking, winter mountaineeering, canoeing etc, I always carried my own gear with my friends. But that Hut-to-Hut around Lake Placid really opened my eyes: All I had to do was ski, and my gear was transported to our daily destination. Show up for breakfast and dinner, and otherwise sit about the fire with your toddy and squeeze.
At teh Lake Placis Lodge, we arrived at our cabin, showered and had a short nap, and then went to dinner. When we got back to the cabin, housekeeping had neatly and symmetrically arranged our damp clothing in front of a comfortable fire place.
The aspect of canoe-catered trips is tempting…
Will you expect housekeeping to crank your Vortex as well?
Jim
thanks Jim,
I forgot to mention I’ve located the holder of the patent for the “power rocker” and if I can find a market for these things I’ll find someone to start producing them, under a somewhat more likeable name. Any suggestions? “Tilt seat” came up as an idea, but there must be something more catchy than that…
I call my cobbled-up version
a FOGBAD.
Fat Old Guy Butt Adjustment Device.
Jim
Clarification?
Based on last weeks discussion about Power Rockers, I understand the purpose of the FOGBAD. Until I saw Canoedancer's photo of it, I didn't know how it attached and actually worked. I had something a bit more mechanical in mind.
So my one clarifying question is: does it lock into the various positions or does it just easily hinge back and forth between "bench" and "kneel". At the least, is there a resistance point as it goes from bench to kneel?
It has positive stops forward and back
What you can’t see in the photo are the two studs in each seat hanger. One stops the seat at about 30 degrees forward, the other stops the seat when it gets back to level.
Jim, when you searched the patent on this thing did a show any diagram or schematic that helps explain it? How do you search a patent, anyway?
Andy
Google Patents
Main google site, therer is a button up top for patents. As I recall I searched for canoe+seat+tilt. I will give it a shot and post the results.
Jim
You have to keep clicking the "More" button until there is a link for patent search.
http://www.google.com/patents?id=Nh4DAAAAEBAJ&dq=canoe%2Bseat%2Bpivot&ie=ISO-8859-1