Houseboat with Patio

Abstract

A houseboat is disclosed. The houseboat includes a cabin assembly including a plurality of cabin walls and a cabin floor defining a cabin plane, the cabin floor and the plurality of cabin walls cooperating to define a floorplan. The houseboat further includes a hull including a plurality of hull walls descending from a perimeter of the cabin floor generally perpendicular to the cabin plane and a hull floor generally perpendicular to the plurality of hull walls, the plurality of hull walls cooperating with the hull floor to define an interior pocket. The houseboat further includes a patio extending from the cabin assembly, the patio comprising a patio floor defining a patio plane, the patio plane generally parallel to the cabin plane.

I/we claim: 
     
         1 . A houseboat comprising:
 (a) a cabin assembly comprising:
 (i) a plurality of cabin walls; and 
 (ii) a cabin floor defining a cabin plane, the cabin floor and the plurality of cabin walls cooperating to define a floorplan; 
   (b) a hull comprising:
 (i) a plurality of hull walls descending from a perimeter of the cabin floor generally perpendicular to the cabin plane; and 
 (ii) a hull floor generally perpendicular to the plurality of hull walls, the plurality of hull walls cooperating with the hull floor to define an interior pocket; and 
   (c) a patio extending from the cabin assembly, the patio comprising a patio floor defining a patio plane, the patio plane generally parallel to the cabin plane.   
     
     
         2 . The houseboat of  claim 1 , the patio further comprising:
 (i) a fence forming a barrier around a portion of a perimeter of the patio.   
     
     
         3 . The houseboat of  claim 2 , wherein the fence comprises:
 (a) a plurality of posts generally parallel to each other post; and   (b) a crossbar coupled to at least one post and generally perpendicular to the at least one post.   
     
     
         4 . The houseboat of  claim 1 , wherein the patio comprises:
 (a) a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is proximate to the cabin assembly relative to the second end; and   (b) a stairwell at the second end.   
     
     
         5 . The houseboat of  claim 4 , wherein the stairwell descends below the patio plane. 
     
     
         6 . The houseboat of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the cabin walls comprises a doorway. 
     
     
         7 . The houseboat of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the cabin walls comprises a window. 
     
     
         8 . The houseboat of  claim 1 , wherein the hull comprises a bumper extending outward from a first wall of the hull, wherein the first wall is proximate to a first end of the hull, the patio extends outward from a second wall of the hull, wherein the second wall is proximate to a second end of the hull, and the first wall is located opposite the second wall. 
     
     
         9 . The houseboat of  claim 1 , wherein the cabin assembly comprises a bumper extending outward from a one cabin wall of the plurality of cabin walls, the one cabin wall proximate to a first end of the cabin assembly, the patio extends outward from a one hull wall of the plurality of hull walls, the one hull wall proximate to a second end of the cabin assembly, and the first end of cabin assembly is located opposite the second end of the cabin assembly. 
     
     
         10 . The houseboat of  claim 1 , wherein the hull comprises a bed cell extending from the hull floor through the cabin plane. 
     
     
         11 . The houseboat of  claim 1 , wherein the floorplan comprises interior cabin walls. 
     
     
         12 . The houseboat of  claim 1 , wherein the patio is coupled to the hull at a first end, and the patio comprises a stairwell at a second end, the first end of the patio opposite the second end of the patio. 
     
     
         13 . A method of manufacturing a houseboat, the method comprising:
 (a) constructing a cabin assembly at a first location;   (b) constructing a hull at a second location;   (c) constructing a patio at a third location;   (d) coupling the cabin assembly to the hull at a fourth location to form a cabin-hull assembly; and   (e) coupling the hull of the cabin-hull assembly to the patio at the fourth location,
 wherein the first location, the second location, the third location, and the fourth location are each at least  1  mile from each of the other locations. 
   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein coupling the cabin assembly to the hull comprises:
 (a) positioning the hull beneath the cabin assembly;   (b) lowering the cabin assembly onto the hull; and   (c) attaching the cabin assembly to the hull to form the cabin-hull assembly.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the hull comprises a hull bore and the patio comprises a patio pore, and coupling the hull of the cabin-hull assembly to the patio comprises:
 (a) contacting the hull to the patio to form an interface such that the hull bore and the patio bore align to form a channel through the interface;   (b) inserting a bolt through the channel; and   (c) securing the bolt within the channel, coupling the patio to the hull.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 (a) launching the cabin-hull assembly onto a body of water.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein coupling the cabin-hull assembly to the patio occurs on the body of water. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 (a) after launching the cabin-hull assembly onto the body of water, transporting the cabin-hull assembly to a moorage.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising:
 (a) mooring the cabin-hull assembly at the moorage.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , further comprising:
 (a) coupling the cabin-hull assembly to the patio at the moorage.