Combined trolling motor pedal recess and seat pedestal drain trench
OwnerBenjamin S. Haasinventor
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Abstract
An article of manufacture including molded-in cavities that permit the installation of recessed trolling motor foot pedals and seat pedestal bases in such a manner that allows water to drain away from thereof so as to prevent the accumulation of standing water. The article of manufacture includes a body, wherein the body is a plastic molded boat hull comprised of numerous molded-in cavities and molded-in features to create an interior layout that is comparable to a conventional boat built of aluminum or fiber reinforced plastic.
Claims18
A drainage system for recess-mounted trolling motor pedal and seat pedestal base cavities in a rotational molded plastic power boat hull comprising:
- a molded-in trolling motor pedal cavity in a forward deck portion of the boat hull sized for recess-mounting a trolling motor foot pedal in said trolling motor pedal cavity;
- a molded-in seat pedestal base cavity in the forward deck portion aft of the trolling motor pedal cavity and sized to contain a recessed bushing of a seat pedestal base in said seat pedestal base cavity;
- a molded-in drainage trench having a trench section connecting between the trolling motor pedal cavity and a forward end of the seat pedestal base cavity, and another trench section connecting to a rearward end of the seat pedestal base cavity and extending aft of the seat pedestal base cavity terminating in an opening where water in the molded-in trolling motor pedal cavity and seat pedestal base cavity can exit towards a bilge, said molded-in trolling motor pedal cavity, seat pedestal base cavity and drainage trench sections having a continuous side wall defined by one or more molded-in longitudinal and transverse walls, and a continuous bottom surface.
A rotationally molded plastic power boat hull having a bow portion, a stern portion, a deck structure, and a bilge comprising:
- a molded-in male cavity in the deck structure configured to accommodate recessed mounting of a trolling motor foot pedal;
- first and second molded in male cavities in the deck structure configured to accommodate installation of seat pedestal bases;
- the molded-in trolling motor pedal cavity positioned closer to the bow portion than the first and second molded-in seat pedestal base cavities;
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- a molded-in drainage trench including a trench section connecting between the trolling motor pedal cavity and the first seat pedestal base cavity, another trench section connecting between the first and second seat pedestal base cavities, and another trench section connected extending aft from the second seat pedestal base cavity and terminating in an opening through which water in the trolling motor pedal cavity and first and second seat pedestal base cavities can drain to a lower point in the hull;
- wherein the trolling motor pedal cavity, first and second seat pedestal base cavities, and trench sections are defined by a combination of connecting longitudinal and transverse vertical walls in the deck structure.
A rotationally molded plastic power boat hull having a bow portion, a stern portion, a deck structure, and a bilge comprising:
- a molded-in male cavity configured to accommodate recessed mounting of a trolling motor foot pedal;
- another molded in male cavity configured to accommodate mounting of a seat pedestal base in the boat hull;
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- a molded-in drainage trench having a trench section in the deck structure connecting between the trolling motor pedal cavity and seat pedestal base cavity and configured to enable water in the trolling motor pedal cavity and seat pedestal base cavity to drain to the bilge;
- said molded-in trolling motor foot pedal cavity and seat pedestal base male cavity and trench sections having a continuous side wall defined by one or more molded-in longitudinal and transverse walls, and a continuous bottom wall.
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