Boat stand
AssigneeWaco International Corporation
InventorJames J. Pavlescak
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Abstract
Boat stand assemblies for dry dock maintenance or storage of boats with and without keels including two or more rigid frames of adjustable width each including a pair of struts of adjustable height, the frames being connectable by cross braces to provide a complete stand and further including a keel stand assembly similarly constructed of height and spacing adjustable struts.
Claims21
A boat stand assembly comprising:
- front and back rectangular, rigid, unitary frame portions, each portion consisting of
- a pair of vertical struts for providing the sole vertical support, each vertical strut mounting a pad, and each vertical strut being unsupported by any oblique bracking, and
- a pair of horizontal struts welded at right angles to the vertical struts for providing the sole lateral support to the vertical struts and for rigidly connecting the vertical struts in fixed spaced relationship to one another such that the vertical struts and the horizontal struts provide a rigid, unitary frame portion;
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- a pair of cross braces for connecting the front and back frame portions in fixed, spaced relationship to one another to form a complete, self-supporting boat stand.
The assembly of claim I wherein at least one of the frame portions includes means for adjusting the length of said elongated brace members to different lengths for altering the spacing between the pair of struts.
A boat stand assembly with keel support, the boat stand for supporting a boat above a surface, comprising:
- front and back rigid, unitary frame portions, each portion consisting of
- a pair of vertical struts for providing vertical support, each vertical strut mounting a pad,
- a pair of vertical brace members, one alongside each vertical strut, and each rigidly welded to the vertical strut that it is alongside, and
- a single horizontal strut welded at right angles to the pair of vertical brace members for rigidly connecting the vertical struts, vertical brace members, and horizontal strut in fixed spaced relationship to one another such that the vertical struts, vertical brace members, and horizontal strut provide a rigid, unitary frame portion,
- a center vertical strut mounting a pad, said center vertical strut welded at a lower end away from the surface of the center of said horizontal strut so that said horizontal strut supports said center vertical strut away from the surface, and
- a pair of cross braces for connecting the pair of frame portions in fixed, spaced relationship to one another.
A boat stand assembly comprising:
- front and back rectangular, rigid, unitary frame portions, each portion consisting of
- a pair of vertical struts for providing the sole vertical support, each vertical strut mounting a pad, and each vertical strut being unsupported by any diagonal bracing, and
- means for maintaining the vertical struts in fixed, spaced relationship with one another and providing stability to said vertical struts, said means welded to said vertical struts;
- and
- a pair of cross braces for connecting the front and back frame portions in fixed, spaced relationship to one another to form a complete, self-supporting boat stand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.