Marine vessels and convertible windshield apparatuses for marine vessels
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorsFabrizio DeLuca, John E. Barbier, Noah S. Esham
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Abstract
A marine vessel has a hull with a bow, a stern, starboard and port sides, a deck on the hull, and a console located on the deck between the starboard side and the port side and between the bow and the stern. The console has a helm for the marine vessel and a console windshield which shields the helm from wind. A cover extends over the helm. An auxiliary windshield is coupled to the cover, the auxiliary windshield being movable into and between a stowed position in which the auxiliary windshield is stowed in the cover and a deployed position in which the auxiliary windshield extends downwardly from the cover into a gap between the console and one of the starboard side and the port side.
Claims26
A marine vessel comprising:
- a hull having a starboard side and a port side;
- a console having a helm and a console windshield that shields the helm from wind;
- a cover extending over the helm;
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- an auxiliary windshield coupled to the cover, the auxiliary windshield being pivotable relative to the cover into a stowed position in which the auxiliary windshield is stowed in the cover and into a deployed position in which the auxiliary windshield extends downwardly from the cover into a gap between the console and one of the starboard side and the port side.
A marine vessel comprising:
- a hull having a starboard side and a port side;
- a console having a helm and a console windshield that shields the helm from wind;
- a cover extending over the helm;
- an auxiliary windshield coupled to the cover, the auxiliary windshield being movable relative to the cover into a stowed position in which the auxiliary windshield is stowed in the cover and into a deployed position in which the auxiliary windshield extends downwardly from the cover into a gap between the console and one of the starboard side and the port side, wherein in the deployed position the auxiliary windshield spans an upper portion of the gap;
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- a wind door that is movable into and between a retracted position and an extended position in which the wind door spans a lower portion of the gap.
A convertible windshield apparatus for a marine vessel, the convertible windshield apparatus comprising:
- a cover having a recess,
- an auxiliary windshield being pivotable into and between a stowed position in which the auxiliary windshield is nested in the recess and a deployed position in which the auxiliary windshield is located at least partially out of the recess, and
- a pivot assembly that pivotably couples the auxiliary windshield to the cover along a pivot axis,
- wherein the pivot assembly includes an actuator and a pivot bracket that is fixedly coupled to the auxiliary windshield, and wherein the actuator pivots the pivot bracket and auxiliary windshield about the pivot axis.
A marine vessel comprising:
- a hull having a starboard side and a port side;
- a console having a helm and a console windshield that shields the helm from wind;
- a cover extending over the helm;
- a starboard auxiliary windshield coupled to the cover, the starboard auxiliary windshield being movable relative to the cover into a stowed position in which the starboard auxiliary windshield is stowed in the cover and into a deployed position in which the starboard auxiliary windshield extends downwardly from the cover into a starboard gap between the console and the starboard side, wherein in the deployed position the starboard auxiliary windshield spans an upper portion of the starboard gap;
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- a port auxiliary windshield coupled to the cover, the port auxiliary windshield being movable relative to the cover into a stowed position in which the port auxiliary windshield is stowed in the cover and into a deployed position in which the port auxiliary windshield extends downwardly from the cover into a port gap between the console and the port side, wherein in the deployed position the port auxiliary windshield spans an upper portion of the port gap,
- wherein together with the console windshield, the starboard auxiliary windshield and the port auxiliary windshield provide a weathertight barrier extending from the starboard side to the port side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.