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US 3,943,586 AGranted
Dory
OwnerJohn D. Palmerinventor
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Abstract
A square-sterned dory of welded aluminum construction in which the chines diverge for their full length and an engine well is located forward of the transom and is open through the transom as well as through the bottom. Box cross-braces serve as seats and storage compartments, and bracing is added by a forward deck or seat and skirt providing a front compartment. A hawsepipe is provided at the bow which extends through the forward compartment to the forward end of the bottom for convenience in handling an anchor when the dory is used as a river drifter.
Claims7
A dory comprising:
- a bottom panel having a stern edge, a bow end, and symmetrical side edges diverging aft for their full length from said bow end to the ends of said stern edge, said bottom panel having a flat stern portion extending from said stern edge forwardly approximately half the length of the dory and having a generally trapezoidal shape defined on three sides by said stern edge and rear portions of said diverging side edges, and said bottom panel having a curved forward position curving upwardly uniformly across its width from the fourth side of said stern portion forwardly between said side edges to said bow end,
- a transom sloping aft from a connection with said stern edge and having opposed upwardly diverging end edges,
- opposed outwardly sloping side panels connected to said end edges of the transom and side edges of the bottom and connected together at the bow to form a forwardly sloping stem,
- respective gunwales along the upper edges of said side panels, said gunwales diverging from said stem outwardly of and higher than said curved forward portion of the bottom panel, and then converging to the transom outwardly of and higher than said flat stern portion of the bottom panel, and
- combination cross-bracing and seat means extending between said side panels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.