Watercraft cover
AssigneePolaris Industries Inc.
InventorsErik W. Rogers, Michael T. Yobe, David E. Baird, Vicky L Null, Mark R. McSorley
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Abstract
A cover for watercraft, such as pontoon boats, facilitates easy deployment and removal, as well as compact storage. The cover may be collapsed and deployed in a predetermined manner. The cover may include collapsible poles integrated with the cover fabric, which can be extended and retracted as the cover is deployed and collapsed. An arrangement of zippers and tensioners may be used to facilitate deployment securement and removal of the cover, as well as to facilitate access to at least a portion of the covered portion of watercraft while the cover is deployed.
Claims19
A cover for a personal watercraft, the cover comprising:
- a fabric sized to be received over a portion of the personal watercraft enclosed by a railing;
- a post coupled to an undersurface of the fabric at a cover/post connection, the post sized to extend from the undersurface to a supporting surface of a deck of the personal watercraft;
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- a tension assembly comprising:
- a tension loop slideably coupled to the fabric and extending from the cover/post connection to a periphery of the cover and around at least a portion of the periphery of the cover, the tension loop comprising a cable;
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- a tensioner fixed to the fabric and operable to tension the cable in the tension loop, such that actuation of the tensioner induces the fabric to tension around the post.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.