Boat hull with mounting track systems
AssigneeBingstar Marine Group Pty Ltd
InventorMin Zhu
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Abstract
A boat hull has one or more track systems integral with a main body of the boat hull, each track system having a longitudinally extending channel comprising: a longitudinally extending channel body; and a longitudinally extending channel opening in communication with the channel body, wherein the channel body is wider in cross-section than the channel opening, the channel body is adapted to receive a fastener which has a portion that is wider in cross section than the channel opening, thereby preventing the fastener from being withdrawn from the channel body through the channel opening, and wherein the fastener can be selectively secured to the track system at a selected longitudinal position. The track systems can be used for mounting boat hull structural parts and other parts and accessories.
Claims13
A boat hull having a keel, chines, side ribs, and bottom ribs comprising
- a main body having one or more track systems integral with a main body of the boat hull, each track system having a longitudinally extending channel including:
- a longitudinally extending channel body;
- and
- a longitudinally extending channel opening in communication with the longitudinally extending channel body,
- one or more plates forming the main body of the boat hull, the plates being welded with or fastened onto one or more of the keel, chines, side ribs, or bottom ribs,
- wherein the channel body is wider in cross-section than the longitudinally extending channel opening,
- wherein the longitudinally extending channel body is adapted to receive a fastener which has a portion that is wider in cross section than the longitudinally extending channel opening, thereby preventing the fastener from being withdrawn from the longitudinally extending channel body through the longitudinally extending channel opening,
- wherein the fastener can be selectively secured to each track system at a selected longitudinal position;
- and
- wherein at least one of the keel and the chines has a longitudinally extending slot for receiving an edge of one of the plates, the slot having an internal space that is wider than an opening to enable receiving the edge of the plate at various angles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.