Collapsible surfboard

Claim 1

A SURFBOARD ADAPTED TO BE ARRANGED IN A COLLAPSED AND DISASSEMBLED CONDITION FOR COMPACT STORAGE AND EASE OF HANDLING INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND MOLDED PLASTIC FOAM SECTIONS OF APPROXIMATELY EQUIVALENT LENGTH, ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED IN AN ASSEMBLED CONDITION IN END ABUTMENT AND LONGITUDINAL ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OTHER, AND MEANS FOR DETACHABLY SECURING SAID SECTION INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO LATERALLY SPACED TENSION CLAMPS LOCATED IN THE UPPER SURFACE AND AT LEAST TWO LATERALLY SPACED TENSION CLAMPS LOCATED IN THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF SAID SECTIONS AT THEIR RESPECTIVE ABUTTING ENDS, SAID CLAMPS BEING DISPOSED IN RECESSES FORMED IN THE SURFACE OF SAID PLASTIC FOAM AND MEANS FOR DISTRIBUTING THE FORCES APPLIED TO SAID TENSION CLAMPS FOR PREVENTING TGHE APPLICATION OF EXCESSIVE STRESS UPON THE PLASTIC FOAM MATERIAL IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THERETO SO THAT SUBSTANTIAL TENSION CAN BE APPLIED NEAR THEA UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES OF THE BOARD FOR OPPOSING THE LOADING FORCES PRODUCED BY THE SURFING ACTIVITY WHICH TENDS TO SEPARATE SAID BOARD SECTIONS WHILE LOCATING THE ENTIRE CLAMPING STRUCTURE FLUSH OR BENEATH THE BOARD SURFACE, THEREBY OBVIATING AN INTERFERENCE WITH THE USER OF THE BOARD AND MAINTAINING FULL MANEUVERABLILITY IN THE WATER WITH RESPECT TO PADDLING AND SURFING.