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US 10,583,902 B2Granted
Pontoon boat with elevated front wave guard
OwnerMihail Zolotuhininventor
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Abstract
A pontoon boat includes first and second pontoons on the port and starboard sides of the boat and a main deck attached to the top of the pontoons. A front wave deflector extends forwards and upwards from the front of the main deck at an angle. The front wave deflector is held above the water and does not contact the water while the pontoon boat is floating in or moving through calm water. The front wave deflector contacts the tops of waves when the pontoon boat is navigating rough water and pushes the water beneath the pontoon boat deck. This allows the pontoon boat to navigate rough water without loss of momentum and without excessive up and down pitching.
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A pontoon boat comprising:
- a first pontoon, the first pontoon comprising a sealed and hollow tube having a length which is at least five times a diameter of the pontoon tube, wherein the pontoon tube is positioned along a length of a pontoon boat;
- a second pontoon, the second pontoon comprising a sealed and hollow tube having a length which is at least five times a diameter of the pontoon tube, wherein the pontoon tube is positioned along a length of the pontoon boat;
- wherein the first pontoon and the second pontoon are positioned parallel to each other along left and right sides of the pontoon boat;
- a generally planar main deck comprising a front and a rear, wherein the rear of the main deck is positioned near a rear end of the first pontoon and a rear end of the second pontoon;
- wherein the main deck is positioned adjacent a top of the first pontoon and adjacent a top of the second pontoon and wherein the main deck is attached to the top of the first pontoon and the top of the second pontoon;
- a front wave deflector which is attached adjacent to the front edge of the main deck and which extends forwards and upwards from the front edge of the main deck;
- wherein the front of the main deck is positioned behind a front end of the first pontoon and a front end of the second pontoon;
- wherein a front edge of the front wave deflector is aligned with the front end of the first pontoon and the front end of the second pontoon relative to a fore and aft dimension of the pontoon boat;
- wherein the front wave deflector extends laterally and is positioned between the first pontoon and the second pontoon with respect to a horizontal direction;
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- wherein the front wave deflector has a vertical height above the first pontoon which is approximately equal to or greater than one third of a vertical height of the first pontoon.
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A pontoon boat comprising:
- a first pontoon comprising a sealed and hollow tube which is positioned lengthwise along a port side of a pontoon boat;
- a second pontoon comprising a sealed and hollow tube which is positioned lengthwise along a starboard side of the pontoon boat parallel to the first pontoon;
- a generally planar main deck which is positioned above the first pontoon and the second pontoon and which is attached to a top of the first pontoon and a top of the second pontoon, the main deck comprising a rear edge which is positioned towards a rear of the pontoon boat and comprising a front edge which is positioned adjacent a front end of the first pontoon and a front end of the second pontoon;
- a front wave deflector which is attached to the front edge of the main deck and which extends forwards and upwards from the front edge of the main deck to a position above the main deck;
- wherein the front wave deflector extends laterally and is positioned between the first pontoon and the second pontoon with respect to a horizontal direction;
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- wherein the front wave deflector has a vertical height above the top of the first pontoon which is equal to or greater than one third of a vertical height of the first pontoon;
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- wherein the front wave deflector is attached adjacent a front of the first pontoon and a front of the second pontoon such that substantially all of the front wave deflector which extends forwards and upwards from the main deck and is disposed in front of the front of the first pontoon and in front of the front of the second pontoon.
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A pontoon boat comprising:
- a first pontoon which is positioned lengthwise along a pontoon boat;
- a second pontoon which is positioned lengthwise along the pontoon boat parallel to the first pontoon;
- a generally planar main deck positioned above the first pontoon and the second pontoon and attached to the first pontoon and the second pontoon, the main deck comprising a front and a rear and being positioned lengthwise along the pontoon boat;
- a front wave deflector which is attached adjacent to the front edge of the main deck and which extends forwards and upwards from the front edge of the main deck to a position above the main deck;
- wherein the front wave deflector extends laterally and is positioned between the first pontoon and the second pontoon with respect to a horizontal direction;
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- wherein the front wave deflector has a vertical height above the top of the first pontoon which is equal to or greater than one third of a vertical height of the first pontoon;
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- wherein the front wave deflector extends forwards and upwards such that the front wave deflector is positioned above a front of the first pontoon and above a front of the second pontoon with a distance separating a bottom surface of the front wave deflector and a top of the first pontoon and a top of the second pontoon.
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