# US 2012/0067269 A1 · Wakeboard tower with bimini cover and ski tow point

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- Number: US 2012/0067269 A1
- Document ID: US20120067269A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/228,033
- Filed: 2011-09-08
- Published: 2012-03-22
- Earliest claimed: 2010-09-16
- Assignees: Xtreme Marine Corporation
- Inventors: Anthony Duane Williams; Robert Blaine Metcalf
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20120067269A1

## CPC

- B63B 34/67: Connection means on the towing watercraft, e.g. pylons, side poles or winches
- B63B 17/02: Awnings {, including rigid weather protection structures, e.g. sunroofs; Tarpaulins; Accessories for awnings or tarpaulins}
- B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06)

## Abstract

A wakeboard tower having an elevated tow point and a bimini or other sun cover integrated to the tower in a manner that does not interfere with the tow point.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A wakeboard tower, comprising: an elevated tower having a rear edge, a sun cover integrated with the tower and located above the tower, a tow point extending upwardly from the tower at a rearmost portion of the rear edge and elevated above the tower, wherein the sun cover is positioned so as to not interfere with the tow point so that the cover may be used when pulling a wakeboarder and the cover does not interfere with a tow rope attached to the tow point.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The wakeboard tower of claim 1, wherein the tower is foldable.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The wakeboard tower of claim 1, wherein the sun cover comprises a bimini cover.

### Claim 4

A wakeboard tower, comprising: an elevated tower, a sun cover attached to the tower by connectors extending substantially upwardly from a top portion of the tower, a tow point extending upwardly from the tower and elevated above at least a portion of the sun cover, wherein the sun cover is positioned so as to not interfere with the tow point so that the cover may be used when pulling a wakeboarder and the cover does not interfere with a tow rope attached to the tow point.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The wakeboard tower of claim 1, wherein the tower is foldable.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The wakeboard tower of claim 1, wherein the sun cover comprises a bimini cover.