US 4,907,525 A · Outboard storage rack for boats

Abstract

A ski rack is described for releasably attachment to a boat for receiving and supporting skis and the like along the gunwale and outboard of the boat hull. The rack includes a pair of frames mountable to the boat along the gunwale by a clamp device at top ends of the frame. Suction cups are provided at bottom ends of the frames for securing the device to the boat hull. Adjustments are provided for extending and retracting the suction cups according to the boat hull configuration and for angularly adjusting the suction cups to match the contacted hull surface. Horizontal sections of the frame are provided with upright ski retainers to receive and secure skis in position thereon. The retainers are spaced apart horizontally and vertically with one set being situated above and along the gunwale and the other set being vertically spaced downwardly from the first set and outboard of the boat hull to receive and support skis or the like. Spacing of the ski retainers in this manner permits reception of a number of skis while maintaining close proximity of the skis to the boat hull.

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Dependent claims

A rack for water swimming devices such as water skis mountable to a boat having a gunwale and a substantially upright hull side, the rack comprising:

a frame having a top end above the gunwale and a bottom end below the gunwale and including a top horizontal section at the top end, an outboard vertical section extending downwardly from the top horizontal section;
and a bottom horizontal section extending outboard of the outboard vertical section at the bottom frame end;
clamp means at the top end of the frame, for releasably clamping the top end of the frame securely to the gunwale of the boat;
suction cup means at the bottom end of the frame for releasably attaching the bottom frame end to the upright hull side of the boat;
suction cup angle adjusting means at the bottom frame end mounting the suction cup means to facilitate angular adjustment of the suction cup means thereon to conform angularly with the upright hull side of the boat;
and
retaining means on horizontal sections of the frame for mounting water skimming devices such as pairs of water skis in horizontal and vertically spaced relation along the gunwale and outwardly thereof adjacent the upright hull side.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Outboard storage rack for boats

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Outboard storage rack for boats

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Abstract

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