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US 11,584,494 B2Granted
Front facing rowing boat
OwnerRobert S. Younginventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for a boat includes a lower rail, a seat support slidably mounted to the lower rail, an upper set of rails connected to the seat support with at least one rail support supporting each upper rail in the upper set of rails, and two paddle holders, each paddle holder slidably mounted to one of the upper rails in the upper set of rails. The paddle holders pivot relative to the upper rails, such that when paddles are attached, the paddles holders are capable of lowering and raising the paddles in and out of the water.
Claims19
An apparatus for a boat, comprising:
- a rail support extending in a direction from a first axial end to a second axial end;
- an upper rail provided at the second axial end of the rail support;
- a slider slidably mounted to the upper rail;
- and
- a paddle holder pivotably connected to the slider, wherein the paddle holder is rotatable about a pivot point with respect to the slider,
- wherein the rail support is integrally formed with a seat support for the boat.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a rail support mounted in a boat, the rail support having a first axial end and a second axial end opposite the first axial end;
- an upper rail pivotably connected to the second axial end of the rail support;
- and
- a paddle holder slidably mounted to the upper rail.
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A rowing boat, comprising:
- a boat shell;
- a sliding seat assembly mounted on the boat shell, the sliding seat assembly comprising:
- a lower rail extending parallel with a length of the boat shell;
- a seat support slidably mounted to the lower rail;
- and
- a seat disposed on the seat support;
- rail supports connecting an upper set of rails to the seat support;
- wherein the upper set of rails comprises a first upper rail and a second upper rail positioned on opposite lateral sides of the seat;
- wherein each of the first and second upper rails are pivotably mounted to the rail supports, such that each of the first and second upper rails partially rotate around an axis parallel with the first and second upper rails;
- and
- wherein the upper set of rails and connected seat support are slidable with respect to the lower rail;
- a first paddle holder slidably mounted to the first upper rail;
- and
- a second paddle holder slidably mounted to the second upper rail.
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An apparatus for a boat, comprising:
- a rail support extending in a direction from a first axial end to a second axial end;
- an upper rail provided at the second axial end of the rail support;
- a slider slidably mounted to the upper rail;
- a paddle holder pivotably connected to the slider, wherein the paddle holder is rotatable about a pivot point with respect to the slider;
- and
- at least one biased pivot connection connecting the paddle holder to the slider.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.