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US 4,223,414 AGranted
Combined trailer and boat cover
OwnerWilson M. Dicksoninventor
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A boat hull of the type including an upwardly opening interior bounded by generally horizontal deck surfaces is provided together with a cover structure for the boat of predetermined shape including downwardly facing marginal edges. Support structure is provided and supports the cover structure relative to the boat hull for shifting between a closed position with the downwardly facing marginal edges of the cover at least closely overlying the horizontal deck surfaces and closing the interior from above and an open position affording access to the interior of the boat hull from above. A first form of cover includes a forward portion pivotally supported from the bow stop of a trailer upon which the boat hull is supported with the cover oscillatable about a horizontal transverse axis. In a second form of the invention, the cover comprises a pair of opposite side cover sections supported from corresponding front and rear opposite side uprights of the associated trailer and the cover sections are mounted from the uprights for vertical shifting therealong and swinging relative thereto about horizontal longitudinal axes extending between the corresponding uprights. Finally, a third form of the invention includes a forward portion pivotally supported from the bow of the associated boat with the cover being angularly displaceable about a horizontal transverse axis relative to the boat and removable therefrom.
In combination with a boat hull of the type including an upwardly opening interior bounded by generally horizontal deck surfaces, predetermined shape cover structure for said boat, including downwardly facing marginal edges, support means supporting said cover structure relative to said boat hull for shifting between a closed position with said marginal edges at least closely overlying said deck surfaces and closing said interior from above and an open position affording access to said interior from above, said support means including a hull support structure from which said hull is stationarily supported, said cover structure being shiftable relative to said hull support structure and said hull during shifting between said closed and open positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.