Aft-facing transom seating for a boat
AssigneeMasterCraft Boat Company, LLC
InventorsChadrick E. Curts, Daniel P. Vieira, Rosemary M. Bennett, David F. Ekern
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Abstract
A boat including one or more seats, which may be aft-facing. The seat includes a seat bottom, which may be movable between a first position and a second position. The second position is a position in which the seat bottom is pivoted upwardly relative to the position of the seat bottom in the first position to allow access to a hidden compartment. The seat may also include a leg rest. The leg rest may extend aft of the transom, and may extend in a direction that is at a downward angle relative to the seat bottom. The leg rest may also have a length such that a gap is present between the leg rest and a surface beneath the leg rest.
Claims19
A boat comprising:
- a hull including a bow, a transom, and port and starboard sides;
- a swim platform attached to the transom and having an upper surface;
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- an aft-facing seat positioned proximate to the transom, the aft-facing seat including a leg rest, the leg rest extending aft of the transom, the leg rest having an upper portion and a lower end, the leg rest being supported at the upper portion with a gap between the lower end of the leg rest and the upper surface of the swim platform such that the leg rest is not supported by the upper surface of the swim platform.
An inboard watersports boat comprising:
- a hull including a bow, a stern, a transom, and port and starboard sides;
- a motor positioned in the stern of the boat, forward of the transom and along a centerline of the boat;
- a propeller operatively connected to the motor, the propeller being located under the hull and forward of the transom;
- a swim platform attached to the transom;
- a tow point for towing a watersports performer;
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- a plurality of aft-facing seats positioned in the stern of the boat, aft of the tow point, the plurality of aft-facing seats including (i) an aft-facing seat positioned port of the centerline of the boat and on a port side of the motor and (ii) an aft-facing seat positioned starboard of the centerline of the boat and on a starboard side of the motor, each of the port and starboard aft-facing seats including a leg rest extending aft of the transom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.