Wake-modifying device for a boat
AssigneeMasterCraft Boat Company, LLC
InventorsDarren S. Sheedy, Matthew J. Huyge, Michael D. Myers, Zane E. Schwenk
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Abstract
A recreational sport boat includes a hull, having starboard and port sides and a transom, and a wake-modifying devices positioned aft of the transom. The wake-modifying device includes a plate-like member and at least one downturned surface. The wake-modifying device is pivotable between a non-deployed position and a deployed position about a pivot axis. When a wake-modifying device is in the deployed position, the downturned surface is lower than it is in the non-deployed position so as to be able to modify the boat's wake.
Claims20
A recreational sport boat comprising:
- a hull including starboard and port sides and a transom;
- and
- a pair of wake-modifying devices positioned aft of the transom, one of the wake-modifying devices being positioned on a port side of the boat's centerline and another of the wake-modifying devices being positioned on a starboard side of the boat's centerline, each wake-modifying device being pivotable between a non-deployed position and a deployed position about a pivot axis that is horizontal or inclined no more than about 35° from horizontal, each wake-modifying device including:
- a plate-like member;
- a first downturned surface at an outboard portion of the plate-like member;
- and
- a second downturned surface at an inboard portion of the plate-like member;
- wherein in the deployed position, a trailing portion of the plate-like member is lower than it is in the non-deployed position so as to be able to modify the boat's wake.
A recreational sport boat comprising:
- a hull including starboard and port sides and a transom;
- and
- a pair of wake-modifying devices positioned aft of the transom, one of the wake-modifying devices being positioned on a port side of the boat's centerline and another of the wake-modifying devices being positioned on a starboard side of the boat's centerline, each wake-modifying device being pivotable between a non-deployed position and a deployed position about a pivot axis that is horizontal or inclined no more than about 35° from horizontal, each wake-modifying device including:
- a plate-like member having a tapered section with a leading part and a trailing part, the leading part of the tapered section being wider than the trailing part of the tapered section;
- and
- a plurality of fins, each fin of the plurality of fins extending a distance below the plate-like member;
- wherein in the deployed position, a trailing portion of the plate-like member is lower than it is in the non-deployed position so as to be able to modify the boat's wake.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.