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US 11,845,516 B2Granted
Pontoon boat
AssigneeBarletta Boat Company, LLC
InventorsWilliam Fenech, Mark 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.
Claims18
A pontoon boat comprising:
- a first pontoon;
- a second pontoon;
- a first cross member connected to the first pontoon at a first point of connection and to the second pontoon at a second point of connection;
- a second cross member connected to the first pontoon at a third point of connection and to the second pontoon at a fourth point of connection;
- and
- a first shock absorber disposed between the first cross member and the first pontoon at the first point of connection.
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A pontoon boat comprising:
- a first pontoon;
- a second pontoon;
- a first cross member connected to the first pontoon at a first point of connection and to the second pontoon at a second point of connection;
- a second cross member connected to the first pontoon at a third point of connection and to the second pontoon at a fourth point of connection;
- a rear frame connected to the first pontoon at a fifth point of connection and to the second pontoon at a sixth point of connection;
- and
- a deck disposed upon the rear frame,
- wherein the rear frame and the deck extend further rearward than the first pontoon and the second pontoon.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.