Wake shaping system for a boat
AssigneeMb Sports
InventorMichael Hardy Brendel
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Abstract
A boat comprising a wake shaping system comprising starboard and port wake shaping devices located aft of the transom. Each wake shaping device is operable to move between a first, non-deployed position behind the transom and a second, deployed position extending outside the side of the hull or below the transom. When the starboard wake shaping device is in the deployed position, a port wakesurf wake is created. When the port of the wake shaping device is in the deployed position, a starboard wakesurf wake is created. When neither wake shaping device is deployed, a symmetrical wakeboard wake is created.
Claims30
A boat comprising a wake shaping system for wakeboarding and wakesurfing, the boat comprising:
- a hull comprising a bow and a transom, starboard and port sides, a longitudinal axis extending from the bow to the transom along a centerline, a lateral axis extending from the port side to the starboard side substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a transom axis extending from an upper edge of the transom to a lower edge of the transom substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
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- the wake shaping system comprising starboard and port wake shaping devices located aft of the transom;
- wherein each wake shaping devices is operable to move between a first, non-deployed position and a second, deployed position;
- wherein in the first, non-deployed positions, each wake shaping device does not extend outside or below the transom of the boat;
- wherein in the second, deployed positions, at least a portion of each wake shaping device extends outside or below the transom;
- wherein when the starboard wake shaping device is in the deployed position, a port wakesurf wake is created;
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- wherein when the port wake shaping device is in the deployed position, a starboard wakesurf wake is created.
A wake shaping system for wakeboarding and wakesurfing, the wake shaping system comprising:
- starboard and port wake shaping devices operable to be coupled to a transom of a boat;
- wherein each wake shaping device is operable to independently move between a first, non-deployed position and a second, deployed position;
- wherein in the first, non-deployed positions, each wake shaping device does not extend outside or below the transom of the boat;
- wherein in the second, deployed positions, at least a portion of each wake shaping device is operable to extend outside or below the transom of the boat;
- wherein when the starboard wake shaping device is in the deployed position, a port wakesurf wake is operable to be created behind the boat;
- wherein when the port wake shaping device is in the deployed position, a starboard wakesurf wake is operable to be created behind the boat;
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- wherein starboard and port worm drives are operable to move the starboard and port wake shaping devices between the first, non-deployed positions and the second, deployed positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.