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 portable stern lights often sold for mounting on kayaks, employ mounting solutions poorly considered for the rigors of active watersports. Materials such as off-the-shelf plastics, polymer resins, rubber and plated metals are susceptible to degradation if exposed to sunlight or saltwater. And rigid, unyielding brackets, suction cups and magnets are entirely incapable of sustaining even minimal leveraged forces when rolled or dragged in reeds, mud or a sandy shore.
We have dedicated substantial resources into the engineering, materials and testing of each product in the Kayalu line. Our Kayalite kayak light was developed over the course of a year of prototyping and testing before we announced and shipped the first unit.
The Kayalite 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 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 Kayalite's shock cord from abrasion, engineering a narrow guide tube within the mast that has smooth, flanged openings at both ends.
And rather than glue parts together, or simply jam a light into a crude suction cup assembly, we use stainless steel bolts and locknuts to ensure that one component won't detach from another. All Kayalu shock cords and stainless steel hogrings are custom made, crimped and assembled in California by a professional rigging contractor.
Once a Kayalite breech clip is attached to your deck, the mast will remain fastened even if the bungee 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 shock cord 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, as well as technology for the stabilization of a payload such as a video camera secured to an unstable surface.
Kayalu products are protected by
multiple patents pending. We are developing a portfolio of regular and divisional patents for domestic and international protection. The technologies 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.
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Patents Pending at USPTO
Filed: Portable multi-purpose mast for rapid, secure
attachment to unsteady, inclined and irregular surfaces
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
Filed: Combined stern light and drain plug
for attachment to a kayak's topside drain hole
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Manufacturing and Licensing Opportunities
Kayalu's 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.
In addition to manufacturing our own components, Kayalu is an authorized Original Equipment Manufacturer of RAM Mounting Systems, Inc., Tektite Industries and Adjustable Clamp Company.
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