# US 2014/0190392 A1 · Wakeboard tower

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- Number: US 2014/0190392 A1
- Document ID: US20140190392A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/206,095
- Filed: 2014-03-12
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2010-12-09
- Assignees: Xtreme Marine Corporation
- Applicants: Xtreme Marine Corporation
- Inventors: Anthony Duane Williams; Bradley Michael Nemeth; Robert Blaine Metcalf
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190392A1

## CPC

- B63B 15/00: Superstructures {, deckhouses, wheelhouses or the like}; Arrangements or adaptations of masts {or spars, e.g. bowsprits}(loading or unloading equipment B63B27/00; masts and staying in general E04H; sails, running rigging B63H; {mounting ladders or the like on masts B63B29/205})
- B63B 34/60: Arrangements for towing, e.g. for use with water-skis or wakeboards
- 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

An arch shaped structural member suitable for use as a wakeboard tower including a pair of legs and a crosspiece supported by the legs, both of the legs and the crosspiece being a coreless cast structural member characterized as a cast structural member and devoid of a hollow interior enclosed by solid portions.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A wakeboard tower, comprising:
an arch shaped structural member suitable for use as a wakeboard tower including structural members comprising at least one leg and a crosspiece supported by the leg, at least one of the structural members comprising a structural member of careless cast construction characterized as a cast structural member and devoid of a hollow interior enclosed by solid portions.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The wakeboard tower of claim 1, wherein the structural member comprises a leg, the leg being concave with a recess disposed on one side of the leg.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The wakeboard tower of claim 2, wherein the leg includes bosses formed within the recess and the leg further includes a decorative panel secured adjacent the recess by fasteners cooperating with the panel and the bosses.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The wakeboard tower of claim 1, wherein the structural member of coreless cast construction is made of cast aluminum.

### Claim 5

A wakeboard tower, comprising:
a pair of legs each of coreless cast construction characterized as a cast structural leg devoid of a hollow interior enclosed by solid portions; and
a crosspiece of tubular aluminum construction attached to the legs to provide an arch shaped structural member suitable for use as a wakeboard tower.

### Claim 6

A boat comprising a windshield and a raised structural member comprising a first leg extending substantially upwardly from a first side of the boat at a first location aft of the windshield, a second leg extending substantially upwardly from a second side of the boat at a second location aft of the windshield, and a cross member bridging an upper portion of the two legs, each leg having a concave configuration with an intermediate recessed section, and a decorative panel attached to an interior side of each leg so that the intermediate section is covered by the decorative panel.