Designed with brains and brawn.

Kayalu lighting, camera and mobile device mounts are designed to meet extreme standards, while remaining affordable and accessible to professionals and amateurs alike.

Competitive products — for example the portable stern lights often purchased for small watercraft, are typically a hodgepodge of off-the-shelf PVC tubing, substandard hardware, adaptations of generic parts such as rubber furniture feet, flashlights, poles and brackets. Many materials, such as rubber suction cups and PVC tubes, are susceptible to degradation if exposed to sunlight or saltwater.

By contrast, we have dedicated substantial resources into the engineering, materials and testing of each product in the Kayalu line.

Consider that our Kayalite KLT-1050 stern light is operable at depths of up to 1000 feet below sea level yet is completely buoyant. It can be affixed to any single point of attachment — an eyelet, pad eye or deck loop, for example. Its bungee cord can be pulled taut and secured with a single hand on the built-in jam cleat.

We've even taken measures to protect the bungee cord from abrasion, engineering a narrow guide tube within the mast that has smooth, flanged openings at both ends.

And rather than simply glue parts together, or jam lights into rubber cups, we use stainless steel bolts and locknuts to ensure one component won't detach from another.

Once a Kayalite breech clip is attached to your deck, the mast will remain fastened even if the bungee cord is loosened from its cleat.

Kayalu technology stands alone — accept no substitute.

To invent and build a great product, we machined a number of prototype masts with tensioners ranging from bungee and double-braid to steel aircraft cable. Through this process, we were able to discover and refine innovative means for the secure attachment of masted payloads such as lights, cameras, sensors and antennas to unstable surfaces.

Kayalu technology is protected by multiple patents pending, each under prosecution at the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office. We are developing a portfolio of regular and divisional patents for domestic and international protection as Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications. Our patents, issued and pending, describe a range of innovative means for securing payloads to unstable surfaces, including tension mounted tripods, monopods, masts, couplers, heads, adaptors, bases, legs and fins.

Patents Pending at USPTO Filed: Portable multi-purpose mast for rapid, secure attachment to unsteady, inclined and irregular surfaces Filed: Combined stern light and drain plug for attachment to a kayak's topside drain hole Filed: Stern light with internal tension cable for secure attachment and quick release Filed: Portable mast capable of adapting to contoured and irregular surfaces of attachment Filed: Portable mast having a universal adaptor head capable of hosting a variety of payloads

Manufacturing and Licensing Opportunities

Our off-the-shelf products have the ability to interface with a variety of possible payloads. We offer a Kayalu KXP-1000 Experimentor's Kit with two pairs of pre-drilled (unused) utility holes at the distal end of its mast, available to secure your own additional components. If the KXP-1000 suits your application, we can work with you to ensure your success.

We are also capable of designing and producing new products, including masts to suit custom payloads. Our engineers and manufacturers, domestic and abroad, are proficient in SolidWorks®, rapid prototyping (FDM, SLS, SLA), tooling and high-capacity production.

If you are interested in incorporating Kayalu mast technology in your designs, we would be delighted to discuss licensing opportunities with you. Our IP licenses are backed by our 20-year track record of successful commercial collaborations, products and ventures. Please contact us.

More info regarding patents and trademarks...

Kayalu products including Kayalite, Kayacam, Kayapod and Kayaball are patent-pending. For more information about our company, click here. For more information regarding company patents and trademarks, visit our Legal Attributions page.