Deck platform extension for boats
OwnerDwaine R. Franklininventor
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Abstract
A removable deck platform is attached to the stern transom of a boat for extending the effective deck space of the boat rearwardly. Hinges are used to removably attach the deck platform to the transom. Triangular support braces attached to the bottom of the deck platform extend downwardly from the platform and rest against the transom when the platform is in place. A railing extends upwardly around the outer periphery of the platform, and the effective useful length of the boat is enhanced by attaching two rearwardly facing swivel chairs to the upper edge of the stern of the boat.
Claims8
An improvement for attachment to the transom on the stern of the hull of a boat having a recessed cockpit and a gunwale surrounding the recessed cockpit adjacent the transom including, in combination:
- a deck platform member having a length substantially equal to the width of the stern of the boat for mounting across the stern of the boat;
- support means attached to said deck platform member for supporting said platform against the transom of the boat;
- first fastening means for attachment to the upper portion of the transom of the boat;
- second fastening means attached to said deck platform member;
- means for removably interconnecting said first and second fastening means together to permit said deck platform member to be removably attached to the transom of the boat;
- railing means attached to the upper side of said deck platform member and extending around at least a part of the periphery of said platform member;
- and at least one chair mounted on the upper edge of the hull at the stern of the boat and facing rearwardly, and said platform member is spaced downwardly from the upper edge of the hull at the stern of the boat a sufficient distance to provide a natural footrest outboard of the hull of said boat for a person sitting in said chair over the gunwale portion of said boat substantially outboard of the cockpit area thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.