Wake-Modifying Device for a Boat
AssigneeMasterCraft Boat Company, LLC
InventorsDarren S. Sheedy, Matthew J. Huyge, Michael D. Myers, Zane E. Schwenk
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Abstract
A recreational sport boat includes a hull, having starboard and port sides and a transom, and a wake-modifying devices positioned aft of the transom. The wake-modifying device includes a plate-like member and at least one downturned surface. The wake-modifying device is pivotable between a non-deployed position and a deployed position about a pivot axis. When a wake-modifying device is in the deployed position, the downturned surface is lower than it is in the non-deployed position so as to be able to modify the boat's wake.
Claims25
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A recreational sport boat comprising:
- a hull including starboard and port sides and a transom;
- and
- a wake-modifying device positioned aft of the transom and spanning from a port side of the boat's centerline to a starboard side of the boat's centerline, the wake-modifying device being pivotable between a non-deployed position and a deployed position about a pivot axis, the wake-modifying device including:
- a plate-like member;
- and
- a first downturned surface at a trailing portion of the plate-like member, wherein in the deployed position, the first downturned surface is lower than it is in the non-deployed position so as to be able to modify the boat's wake.
A recreational sport boat comprising:
- a hull including starboard and port sides and a transom;
- and
- a wake-modifying device positioned aft of the transom and spanning from a port side of the boat's centerline to a starboard side of the boat's centerline, the wake-modifying device being pivotable between a non-deployed position and a deployed position about a pivot axis, the wake-modifying device including:
- a plate-like member;
- a first downturned surface at a trailing portion of the plate-like member, wherein in the deployed position, the first downturned surface is lower than it is in the non-deployed position so as to be able to modify the boat's wake;
- a second downturned surface on a port side of the first downturned surface;
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- a third downturned surface on a starboard side of the first downturned surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.