Method for forming pontoons,boats and the like

Claim 1

A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PONTOON AND THE LIKE COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PROVIDING A SINGLE ELONGATED FIRST PIECE OF METAL HAVING OPPOSITE AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL EQUAL SIDE EDGES, HAVING OPPOSITE END EDGES INTERCONNECTING SAID SIDE LEGS, AND HAVING AN IMAGINARY CENTER LINE PARALLEL TO AND HALFWAY BETWEEN SAID SIDE EDGES EXTENDING FROM ONE OF SAID END EDGES OF THE OTHER TO DIVIDE EACH OF SAID END EDGES INTO AN ADJACENT PAIR OF END EDGE HALVES; MEASURING ONE OF SAID EDGES TO DETERMINE THE LENGTH THEREOF; FOLDING SAID PIECE OF METAL AT SAID END EDGES WHERE SAID CENTER LINE INTERSECTS SAID END EDGES; BRINGING THE ADJACENT END EDGE HALVES OF EACH OF SAID PAIR OF END EDGE HALVES INTO CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP; WHILE SAID END EDGE HALVES ARE IN SAID CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP SECURING TOGETHER EACH OF SAID ADJACENT PAIRS OF END EDGE HALVES TO ESTABLISH A PARTIALLY FINISHED HULL HAVING A PAIR OF UPPER EDGES PROVIDED BY SAID SIDE EDGES OF SAID FIRST PIECE; PROVIDING A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID SYMMETRICAL PIECE OF MATERIAL POINTED AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF AND HAVING SIDE EDGES EXTENDING FROM THE POINT AT ONE END OF SAID MATERIAL TO THE POINT AT THE OTHER END WITH EACH OF SAID SIDE EDGES OF SAID MATERIAL AS MEASURED THEREALONG BEING EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF EACH OF SAID SIDE EDGES OF SAID FIRST PIECE OF METAL; SECURING SAID MATERIAL IN PLACE ON SAID HULL WITH SAID SIDE EDGES OF SAID MATERIAL BEING IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID UPPER EDGES OF SAID HULL TO FORCE SAID HULL INTO SMOOTHLY CONTOURED SHAPE.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PONTOON AND THE LIKE COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PROVIDING A SINGLE ELONGATED FIRST PIECE OF METAL HAVING OPPOSITE AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL EQUAL SIDE EDGES, HAVING OPPOSITE END EDGES INTERCONNECTING SAID SIDE LEGS, AND HAVING AN IMAGINARY CENTER LINE PARALLEL TO AND HALFWAY BETWEEN SAID SIDE EDGES EXTENDING FROM ONE OF SAID END EDGES OF THE OTHER TO DIVIDE EACH OF SAID END EDGES INTO AN ADJACENT PAIR OF END EDGE HALVES; MEASURING ONE OF SAID EDGES TO DETERMINE THE LENGTH THEREOF; FOLDING SAID PIECE OF METAL AT SAID END EDGES WHERE SAID CENTER LINE INTERSECTS SAID END EDGES; BRINGING THE ADJACENT END EDGE HALVES OF EACH OF SAID PAIR OF END EDGE HALVES INTO CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP; WHILE SAID END EDGE HALVES ARE IN SAID CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP SECURING TOGETHER EACH OF SAID ADJACENT PAIRS OF END EDGE HALVES TO ESTABLISH A PARTIALLY FINISHED HULL HAVING A PAIR OF UPPER EDGES PROVIDED BY SAID SIDE EDGES OF SAID FIRST PIECE; PROVIDING A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID SYMMETRICAL PIECE OF MATERIAL POINTED AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF AND HAVING SIDE EDGES EXTENDING FROM THE POINT AT ONE END OF SAID MATERIAL TO THE POINT AT THE OTHER END WITH EACH OF SAID SIDE EDGES OF SAID MATERIAL AS MEASURED THEREALONG BEING EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF EACH OF SAID SIDE EDGES OF SAID FIRST PIECE OF METAL; SECURING SAID MATERIAL IN PLACE ON SAID HULL WITH SAID SIDE EDGES OF SAID MATERIAL BEING IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID UPPER EDGES OF SAID HULL TO FORCE SAID HULL INTO SMOOTHLY CONTOURED SHAPE.