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US 2020/0094919 A1Published application
Pontoon boat
AssigneeBarletta Boat Company, LLC
InventorsWilliam Fenech, Mark Neibert
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Abstract
A pontoon boat includes port and starboard pontoons and cross members connecting the pontoons. A shock absorber may be installed at each point of connection of the pontoons to the cross members. A cross member may be embodied as a double-webbed beam having first and second parallel flanges and first and second webs disposed between and connected to the flanges. Each pontoon may include a two-stage lifting strake having a first surface and a second surface inclined from the first surface.
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A pontoon boat comprising:
- a first pontoon having a first longitudinal axis;
- a second pontoon having a second longitudinal axis parallel to the first longitudinal axis;
- a plurality of cross members, each of the plurality of cross members connected to the first pontoon and to the second pontoon at a plurality of points of connection;
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- a plurality of shock absorbing members, a respective one of the plurality of shock absorbing members disposed between the respective cross member and the respective one of the first pontoon and the second pontoon at each of the plurality of points of connection.
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A pontoon boat comprising:
- a first pontoon having a first longitudinal axis;
- a second pontoon having a second longitudinal axis parallel to the first longitudinal axis;
- a plurality of cross members, each of the plurality of cross members connected to the first pontoon at a respective first point of connection and to the second pontoon at a respective second point of connection;
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- a plurality of shock absorbing members, respective ones of the plurality of shock absorbing members disposed between respective ones of the plurality of cross members and the first pontoon at respective ones of the first points of connection and between respective ones of the plurality of cross members and the second pontoon at respective ones of the second points of connection.
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A pontoon boat comprising:
- a first pontoon having a first longitudinal axis;
- a second pontoon having a second longitudinal axis parallel to the first longitudinal axis;
- a plurality of cross members, each of the plurality of cross members connected to the first pontoon at a respective first point of connection, to the second pontoon at a respective second point of connection, to the first pontoon at a respective third point of connection, and to the second pontoon at a respective fourth point of connection;
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- a plurality of shock absorbing members, respective ones of the plurality of shock absorbing members disposed between respective ones of the plurality of cross members and the first pontoon at respective ones of the first points of connection and between respective ones of the plurality of cross members and the second pontoon at respective ones of the second points of connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.