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US 2006/0130732 A1Published application
Hardtop structure for boat and method for making the structure
OwnerR. Tullinventor
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Abstract
A hard top structure to provide a cover over the operation station of a boat is disclosed.
Claims7
(canceled)
A cover for the operator's station of a boat comprising:
- (a) A pipe structure attached to a top deck surface of the boat, extending vertically upward from the top deck surface and generally juxtaposed with the operator's station on the boat;
- (b) A hardtop cover adapted to be rigidly fixed to the pipe structure wherein the hardtop cover comprises a tubular frame and a rigid cover sheet wherein the tubular frame is generally rectangular in shape and comprises a self-trimming edge on its perimeter for mounting the rigid sheet and wherein the rigid sheet is rigidly mounted in the self-trimming edge and thereby forms a generally flush outer edge with the tubular frame;
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A method for fabricating a cover for a boat comprising the steps of:
- (a) Providing a generally rectangular tubular frame for the cover wherein the tubular frame comprises a self-trimming edge in a perimeter of the tubular frame;
- (b) Providing a rigid sheet with dimensions adapted to the dimensions of the tubular frame;
- (c) Rigidly mounting the rigid sheet within the self-trimming edge in the perimeter of the tubular frame such that the sheet forms a generally flush outer edge with the tubular frame to form the cover;
- (d) Attaching a pipe structure to a top deck surface of the boat;
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- (e) Attaching the cover to the pipe structure.
3 more elements
A metal or plastic boat hardtop frame comprising a generally rectangular tubular frame comprising a self-trimming edge on its perimeter adapted to rigidly mount a rigid sheet therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.