Live well
OwnerWade B. Martininventor
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Abstract
The live well lid system may comprise a lid, a hinge, a motor, a lift arm, a lid track, and a local foot control. The live well lid system may be a system for covering and uncovering a live well of a boat by pivoting the lid of the live well responsive to input from the local foot control. The live well lid system may be adapted for a user to pivot the lid by operating the local foot control located proximate to the live well without diverting the attention of the user or requiring use of the user's hands. In some embodiments, a remote foot control may be a secondary control located at a remote location on the boat.
Claims15
A live well lid system, comprising:
- a boat,
- a hinge hingedly coupling a lid to the boat, the lid is pivoted to an open position to provide access to a live well and the lid pivots to a closed position to cover the live well,
- a lift arm pivoting in a direction that pushes the lid open at a first polarity and pulls the lid closed at a second polarity,
- a motor converting a plurality of electrical energy into a plurality of mechanical energy, the motor causes pivoting of the lift arm and the electrical energy is applied to the motor,
- a lid track couple to the lid, and
- a local foot control energizing or deenergizing the motor to determine a polarity of the electrical energy applied to the motor,
- wherein the motor pivots the lift arm and the distance between the hinge and the distal end of the lift arm must change, resulting in the distal end of the lift arm sliding in the lid track changing the angle of the lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.