Boat hunting blind including a spring-loaded auto-leveling leg with dual action top
AssigneeIcon Outdoors, LLC
InventorsTate Wood, Bobby L. Windham, Jr., James L. Spence
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A boat hunting blind includes a skirt frame, a skirt panel carried on the skirt frame, and a blind top frame. The blind top frame includes (a) a first support post and a second support post attached to and projecting from the skirt frame, (b) a first top panel support pivotally mounted to the first support post and the second support post and (c) a second top panel support pivotally mounted to the first support post and the second support post. The boat hunting blind also includes a first top panel carried on the first top panel support and a second top panel carried on the second top panel support.
Claims13
A boat hunting blind, comprising:
- a skirt frame;
- a skirt panel carried on the skirt frame;
- a blind top frame, the blind top frame including (a) a first support post and a second support post attached to and projecting from the skirt frame, (b) a first top panel support pivotally mounted to the first support post and the second support post and (c) a second top panel support pivotally mounted to the first support post and the second support post;
- a first top panel carried on the first top panel support;
- and
- a second top panel carried on the second top panel support wherein (i) the skirt frame includes a front frame member, a rear frame member, a left side frame member and a right side frame member connected together to define a four sided frame structure, (ii) the skirt frame further includes a plurality of legs, (iii) each leg of said plurality of legs includes a first section, a second section and a center stop bracket, (iv) the first section has a first end pivotally connected to one of said front frame member and said rear frame member and a second end pivotally connected to the center stop bracket and the second section has a third end pivotally connected to the center stop bracket and a fourth end having a foot adapted for mounting to a boat, (v) a spring extends between a corner of the skirt frame and the center stop bracket.
A boat hunting blind, comprising:
- a skirt frame having a plurality of sides and a plurality of legs wherein each leg of said plurality of legs includes (a) a first section, (b) a second section and (c) a center stop bracket, said center stop bracket being adapted to pivotally connect to both said first section and said second section;
- a spring extending between a corner of the skirt frame and the center stop bracket;
- and
- a blind top frame carried on the skirt frame wherein the first section has a first end pivotally connected to one of said plurality of sides and a second end pivotally connected to the center stop bracket and the second section has a third end pivotally connected to the center stop bracket and a fourth end having a foot adapted for mounting to a boat.
A boat hunting blind, comprising:
- a skirt frame having a plurality of frame members and a plurality of legs;
- and
- a plurality of springs extending between the plurality of frame members and the plurality of legs wherein the plurality of springs are adapted to assist in independently raising or lowering the plurality of frame members without handling each of the plurality of legs wherein (a) the plurality of frame members include a front frame member, a rear frame member, a right frame member and a left frame member connected together at four corners, (b) the plurality of springs extend between the plurality of legs and the four corners, and (c) each of the plurality of legs includes a center stop bracket and one spring of said plurality of springs extends between one of said four corners and one of said center stop brackets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.