Foldable hydrofoil

Claim 1

A HYDROFOIL BOAT COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HULL HAVING A SIDE, A HYDROFOIL LOCATED AT THE SIDE OF THE HULL AND INCLUDING AN ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID STRUT HAVING AN OPERATIVE POSITION EXTENDING IN A GENERALLY UP AND DOWN DIRECTRION AND LOCATED DIRECTLY NEXT TO SAID SIDE OF SAID HULL, SAID HYDROFOIL FURTHER INCLUDING A LIFTING FOIL HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO A BOTTOM END OF SAID STRUT AND A SUPPORTING FOIL HAVING A PAIR O/F SECTIONS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER WITH ONE OF SAID SECTIONS HINGED TO AN UPPER END OF SAID STRUT AND WITH THE OTHER SECTION HINGED TO AN END OF SAID LIFTING FOIL DISTANT FROM SAID STRUT, TURNING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE SUPPORTING FOIL SECTION WHICH IS HINGED TO SAID STRUT FOR TURNING THE LATTER SECTION OF SAID SUPPORTING FOIL AWAY FROM SAID STRUT SO AS TO LOCATE SAID SECTIONS OF SAID SUPPORTING FOIL IN A COMMON PLANE AND PLACE THE HYDROFOIL IN AN EXPANDED POSITION WHERE THE SUPPORTING FOIL, THE LIFTING FOIL, AND THE STRUT, RESPECTIVELY, EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG THE SIDES OF A TRIANGLE, SAID TURNING MEANS ALSO BEING CONNECTED TO THE SECTION OF SAID SUPPORTING FOIL WHICH IS CONNECTED TO SAID STRUT FOR TURNING THE LATTER SECTION OF SAID SUPPORTING FOIL TO A COLLAPSED POSITION NEXT TO SAID STRUT, AND THE SUPPORTING FOIL SECTION WHCIH IS CONNECTED TO SAID LIFTING FOIL AUTOMATICALLY BECOMING LOCATED ALONGSIDE OF THE SECTION WHICH IS CONNECTED TO SAID STRUT TO DISPLACE SAID LIFTING FOIL TO A COLLAPSED POSITION EXTENDING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID STRUT AND LOCATED ADJACENT THERETO WITH THE COLLAPSED SUPPORTING FOIL SITUATED BETWEEN SAID STRUT AND SAID LIFTING FOIL, AND SUPPORT MEANS SUPPORTING SAID STRUT ON SAID SIDE OF SAID HULL FOR TURNING MOVEMENT, ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE HULL, FROM A POSITION WHERE SAID STRUT EXTENDS IN A GENERALLY UP AND DOWN DIRECTION TO A STOWED POSITION WHERE SAID STRUT AND THE COLLAPSED SUPPORTING FOIL AND LIFTING FOIL ALL EXTEND IN A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION AND ARE LOCATED CLOSELY ADJACENT TO THE SIDE OF THE HULL.