Sport board rack for power boat
AssigneeMalibu Boats, LLC
InventorsLyle Andrew Ramsdell, Patrick Bryan Dawley, Matthew Bradford Slayden, Jeffrey Lee Predmore
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Abstract
A sport board rack for improving the stowage of one or more boards on a power boat or other watercraft. The sport board rack can include one or more telescoping arms that can pivot independently relative to each other. Each of the telescoping arms can include a claw that can be extended and retracted to secure a board between the claw and two seats of the sport board rack. The claw can be rotated open to ease insertion of a board onto the two seats and rotated closed to secure the board between the claw and two seats when retracted.
Claims19
A board rack couplable to a power boat to removably secure watersports equipment including boards for storage proximate the power boat, the board rack comprising:
- a base;
- first seats;
- a first arm configured to cooperate with the first seats to removably secure a portion of a first board within the board rack, wherein the first arm and the first seats pivot with respect to the base to change an angle of the first board with respect to the power boat when the portion of the first board is secured within the board rack;
- second seats;
- and
- a second arm configured to cooperate with the second seats to removably secure a portion of a second board within the board rack, wherein the second arm and the second seats pivot with respect to the base to change an angle of the second board with respect to the power boat when the portion of the second board is secured within the board rack,
- wherein the first arm and the first seats pivot separately from the second arm and the second seats.
A board rack couplable to a power boat and configured to removably secure sports equipment including a board for storage on the power boat, the board rack comprising:
- a base couplable to a tower of a power boat;
- seats comprising an approximate U-shape configured to receive a board usable for powered water sports, the seats including a deformable material proximate the board;
- a housing configured to releasably clamp the board with respect to the seats by repositioning of the housing between an extended position and a retracted position;
- second seats comprising an approximate U-shape configured to receive a second board usable for powered water sports, the second seats including the deformable material proximate the second board;
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- a second housing configured to releasably clamp the second board with respect to the second seats by repositioning of the second housing between a second extended position and a second retracted position,
- wherein the seats and the housing are pivotably positionable with respect to the base around a horizontal axis to orient the board in a first position or to orient the board in a second position different from the first position;
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- wherein the second seats and the second housing are pivotably positionable with respect to the base around a second horizontal axis to orient the second board in a third position or to orient the second board in a fourth position different from the third position.
A board rack for a boat, the board rack comprising:
- a base;
- a first pair of seats configured to receive a first board;
- a first arm configured to cooperate with the first pair of seats to secure the first board between the first arm and the first pair of seats;
- a second pair of seats configured to receive a second board;
- and
- a second arm configured to cooperate with the second pair of seats to secure the second board between the second arm and the second pair of seats;
- wherein the first arm and the first pair of seats are configured to pivot together with respect to the base and separately from the second arm and the second pair of seats.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.