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US 4,075,723 AGranted
Boat cover means
AssigneeKellwood Company
InventorsMarvin A. Bareis, George C. Nisbet
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Abstract
A cover of flexible sheet material and a flexible resilient rib adapted to extend in arched configuration over a boat from adjacent one gunwale of the boat to the other for supporting the cover arched over the boat. The rib is secured to the cover with the cover extending down beyond the ends of the rib and then down on the sides of the boat for securement over the boat. The rib may be bent into various arched configurations depending on the beam of the boat, and then held in any of the arched configurations.
Claims7
Boat cover means comprising:
- a cover of flexible sheet material;
- a flexible resilient rib constituting a cover support adapted to extend in arched configuration over a boat from adjacent one gunwale of the boat to the other for supporting the cover arched over the boat;
- a pair of pockets on the inside of the cover at opposite sides thereof for receiving the ends of the rib thereby to secure said rib to the cover with the cover extending down beyond the ends of said rib on the sides of the boat;
- said rib being adapted to be bent to various arched configurations depending on the beam of the boat on which the boat cover means is used in the transverse plane of the boat where the rib is located and said cover having means attached thereto for holding the rib in any of said arched configurations;
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- means for fastening the cover to the boat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.