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US 11,505,282 B2Granted
Pontoon boat
AssigneeBarletta Boat Company, LLC
InventorMark Neibert
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Abstract
A pontoon boat includes port and starboard pontoons and cross members connecting the pontoons. A shock absorber may be installed at each point of connection of the pontoons to the cross members. A cross member may be embodied as a double-webbed beam having first and second parallel flanges and first and second webs disposed between and connected to the flanges. Each pontoon may include a two-stage lifting strake having a first surface and a second surface inclined from the first surface.
Claims22
A pontoon boat comprising:
- a first pontoon having a first longitudinal axis, a nose portion, a center portion, and a rear portion, a top, and a bottom;
- a second pontoon having a second longitudinal axis parallel to the first longitudinal axis;
- a cross member connecting the first pontoon to the second pontoon;
- and
- a lifting strake having a third longitudinal axis, the first lifting strake attached to the first pontoon and extending from proximate a foremost end of the center portion of the first pontoon to proximate an aft end of the center portion of the first pontoon, the lifting strake comprising:
- a first flange extending from the first pontoon, the first flange defining a first plane;
- a second flange connected to the first flange;
- and
- a third flange extending from the second longitudinally-extending flange, the third flange defining a second plane disposed at an angle with respect to the first plane,
- wherein the angle is between about minus twenty degrees and about twenty degrees.
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A pontoon boat comprising:
- a first pontoon having a first longitudinal axis, a nose portion, a center portion, and a rear portion, a top, and a bottom;
- a second pontoon having a second longitudinal axis parallel to the first longitudinal axis;
- a cross member connecting the first pontoon to the second pontoon;
- and
- a lifting strake having a third longitudinal axis, the first lifting strake attached to the first pontoon and extending from proximate a foremost end of the center portion of the first pontoon to proximate an aft end of the center portion of the first pontoon, the lifting strake comprising:
- a first flange extending from the first pontoon and defining a first plane;
- and
- a second flange connected to the first flange and defining a second plane,
- wherein the second plane is disposed at an angle with respect to the first plane, and
- wherein the angle is between about minus twenty degrees and about twenty degrees.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.