Aft-facing transom seating for a boat
AssigneeMasterCraft Boat Company, LLC
InventorsChadrick E. Curts, Daniel P. Vieira, Rosemary M. Bennett, David F. Ekern
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Abstract
A boat including one or more seats, which may be aft-facing. The seat includes a seat bottom, which may be movable between a first position and a second position. The second position is a position in which the seat bottom is pivoted upwardly relative to the position of the seat bottom in the first position to allow access to a hidden compartment. The seat may also include a leg rest. The leg rest may extend aft of the transom, and may extend in a direction that is at a downward angle relative to the seat bottom. The leg rest may also have a length such that a gap is present between the leg rest and a surface beneath the leg rest.
Claims20
A boat comprising:
- a hull including a bow, a transom, port and starboard sides, and port and starboard gunwales;
- a seat support structure having at least one hidden compartment therein;
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- an aft-facing seat positioned proximate to the transom and supported by the seat support structure, the aft-facing seat including:
- a seat bottom movable between a first position and a second position, wherein, when the seat bottom is in the first position, the seat bottom is inclined at a downward angle in a direction extending from aft to fore and a majority of the seat bottom is positioned forward of the transom, and wherein the second position is a position in which the seat bottom is pivoted upwardly relative to the position of the seat bottom in the first position to allow access to the compartment;
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- a seatback that joins the seat bottom at an intersecting location, wherein, when the seat bottom is in the first position, the intersecting location is forward of the transom and below the gunwales.
A boat comprising:
- a hull including a bow, a transom, and port and starboard sides;
- a seat support structure having at least one hidden compartment therein;
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- an aft-facing seat positioned proximate to the transom and supported by the seat support structure, the aft-facing seat including:
- a seat bottom movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the second position is a position in which the seat bottom is pivoted upwardly relative to the position of the seat bottom in the first position to allow access to the compartment;
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- a leg rest movable between an extended position and a retracted position when the seat bottom is in the second position and configured to pivot about a pivot axis when moving between the extended position and the retracted position, the leg rest extending aft of the transom in the extended position and when the seat bottom is in the first position.
A boat comprising:
- a hull including a bow and port and starboard sides;
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- a seat including a seat bottom and a leg rest, the leg rest extending in a direction that is at a downward angle relative to the seat bottom, the leg rest having an upper portion and a lower end, the leg rest being supported at the upper portion with a gap between the lower end of the leg rest and a surface beneath the leg rest such that the leg rest is not supported by the surface underneath the leg rest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.