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US 4,070,722 AGranted
Hunting blind boat cover
OwnerJohnny L. Sutherlandinventor
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Abstract
A hunting blind in the form of a covered superstructure adapted to seat upon the gunwales of a boat hull and having a top wall including an elongated central head opening covered by an elongated, elevated roof structure having a hatch opening and a hatch adapted to open and close the hatch opening. The elevated roof structure has a pair of elongated opposed side walls including a plurality of observation ports.
Claims7
A hunting blind adapted to be supported upon an elongated boat hull having an open top and a pair of opposed elongated gunwales, comprising:
- a. an elongated, rigid, covered superstructure having main top, front and side walls, the width between said main side walls being substantially equal to the width of a boat hull having opposed elongated gunwales upon which the superstructure is to be mounted,
- b. said main side walls having lower feet means adapted to detachably seat upon the elongated gunwales of said boat hull for supporting said superstructure above said hull,
- c. said main top wall comprising a pair of opposed longitudinal structural members defining the side margins of an elongated head opening through said top wall and extending substantially the length of the center portion of said superstructure and having a width substantially less than the width between the main side walls of said superstructure, but wide enough to permit the passage therethrough of a man's body,
- d. an elongated elevated roof structure covering said head opening,
- e. said roof structure having a pair of opposed upper side walls, each upper side wall projecting upward from each of said longitudinal structural members above said main top wall,
- f. said upper side walls having opposed upper edges defining the sides of an elongated hatch opening spaced vertically above said head opening,
- g. an elongated hatch adapted to cover said hatch opening,
- h. means operatively connecting said hatch cover to one of said upper side walls for opening and closing said hatch opening, and
- i. a plurality of observation ports in both of said upper side walls.
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