Remote actuated tent pole
AssigneeTaylor Made Group, LLC
InventorsCharles Robert Withers, Robert R. Shearer
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Abstract
A boat cover system includes a receptacle and a telescoping tent pole secured in the receptacle. The tent pole may include an outer tube selectively securable in the receptacle, an inner tube slidably mounted within the outer tube, and a linear actuator coupled with the inner tube and configured to displace the inner tube relative to the outer tube. With a boat cover positioned over the telescoping tent pole, the telescoping tent pole is displaceable between a retracted position and an extended position by the linear actuator such that the telescoping tent pole is configured to tension the boat cover in the extended position and to ease the tension in the retracted position.
Claims17
A boat cover system comprising:
- a receptacle comprising a contact surface electrically connectable to a power source;
- a telescoping tent pole including a fixed tube selectively securable in the receptacle, a sliding tube slidably mounted relative to the fixed tube, and a linear actuator coupled with the sliding tube and configured to displace the sliding tube relative to the fixed tube, wherein the fixed tube comprises a plug connectable to the power source via the contact surface;
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- a boat cover positioned over the telescoping tent pole,
- wherein the telescoping tent pole is displaceable between a retracted position and an extended position by the linear actuator, and wherein the telescoping tent pole is configured to tension the boat cover in the extended position and to ease the tension in the retracted position.
A boat cover system comprising:
- a receptacle;
- a telescoping tent pole including a fixed tube selectively securable in the receptacle, a sliding tube slidably mounted relative to the fixed tube, and a linear actuator coupled with the sliding tube and configured to displace the sliding tube relative to the fixed tube;
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- a boat cover positioned over the telescoping tent pole,
- wherein the telescoping tent pole is displaceable between a retracted position and an extended position by the linear actuator, and wherein the telescoping tent pole is configured to tension the boat cover in the extended position and to ease the tension in the retracted position,
- wherein the linear actuator is motorized, wherein the receptacle comprises a power source, and wherein the telescoping tent pole comprises a plug connectable to the power source when the telescoping tent pole is secured in the receptacle.
A boat cover system comprising:
- a receptacle;
- a power source;
- a telescoping tent pole including an outer tube with a plug selectively securable in the receptacle and connectable to the power source, an inner tube slidably mounted within the outer tube, and a motorized linear actuator coupled with the inner tube and configured to displace the inner tube relative to the outer tube;
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- a boat cover positioned over a boat deck and the telescoping tent pole,
- wherein the telescoping tent pole is displaceable between a retracted position and an extended position by the motorized linear actuator, and wherein the telescoping tent pole is configured to tension the boat cover in the extended position and to ease the tension in the retracted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.