Underdeck mid-cabin entry system for mono hull boat
AssigneeCigarette Racing Team, LLC.
InventorsSkip Braver, Hector Rodriguez, Sidney Lanier
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Abstract
An under deck mid cabin entry system for a mono hull boat including an entry console disposed to the side of a center console and providing access to steps extending beneath the main deck. A top step is within the entry console proximate to the front surface and the steps curve towards a central beam of the boat and descend into the mid cabin such that a bottom step proximate to a floor of the mid cabin directs a user into a central area of the mid cabin and terminates to avoid obstructing movement in the central area. The bottom step further defines a landing platform for users of the boat.
Claims18
For use on a mono hull boat having a main deck with opposite side edges generally engaging an interior of the hull, an under deck mid cabin entry system comprising:
- an entry console protruding upwardly from and facilitating entry to the interior of the hull, said entry console including a front surface having a front opening disposed thereon, and a top surface having a top opening disposed thereon and in communication with said front opening;
- a plurality of steps disposed beneath the main deck, a top one of said steps disposed in an interior of said entry console;
- said plurality of steps curving towards a central beam of the mono hull boat as said stairs descend into the mid cabin;
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- a bottom one of said steps angled towards the central beam so as to direct a user generally into a central area of the mid cabin.
A mono hull boat comprising:
- a main deck and a hull, said main deck secured on said hull;
- a center console defined in a central portion of said main deck and disposed between opposite side edges of said main deck, said center console protruding upwardly above a walking surface of said main deck;
- an entry console extending upward from said walking surface of said main deck, disposed at least partially adjacent said center console and extending from said center console to one of said opposite side edges of said main deck;
- a mid cabin defined between said main deck and said hull, said mid cabin including a central area defined generally beneath said center console and over a central beam of said hull;
- a plurality of steps extending downwardly from said entry console into said mid cabin;
- said plurality of steps curving towards said central area of said mid cabin as said stairs descend into the mid cabin;
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- a bottom one of said steps disposed in generally proximate relation to a floor of said central area of said mid cabin and angled towards said central beam so as to direct a user generally into said central area of said mid cabin, said bottom step terminating prior to said central area of said mid cabin so as to avoid obstructing movement in said central area of said mid cabin and such that said plurality of steps do not occupy said central area of said mid cabin.
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