Privacy enclosure and entryway for a boat
AssigneeOutboard Marine Corporation
InventorMark S. Magers
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Abstract
The invention provides a privacy enclosure and entryway for a boat having a hull and a substantially planar deck mounted on the hull. The privacy enclosure and entryway comprises a first railing extending along at least a portion of the periphery of a first side of the deck with the first railing having an end, a second railing extending along at least a portion of the periphery of a second side of the deck, the second railing being substantially perpendicular to the first railing at the end, a door in the second railing adjacent the end, and a pivotable ledge mounted on the first railing adjacent the end and adapted to allow ingress to and egress from the deck through the door when pivoted in a vertical upright orientation and block ingress to and egress from the deck when pivoted in a horizontal lowered orientation.
Claims17
A boat comprising a substantially planar deck, a hull supporting the deck, a railing extending around at least a portion of the periphery of said deck, said railing having an aft section, a side section, and a corner section connecting said aft section and said side section, a door in one of said railing aft section and side section adjacent said corner section, said door swinging on a vertical axis, a ledge mounted to pivot in a horizontal axis on the other of said railing side section and aft section in proximity to said corner section and said door, said ledge pivoting from a horizontal orientation to a vertical upright orientation, said ledge having a bottom surface, a U-shaped curtain rod adapted to hold a curtain pivotally attached to said ledge bottom side for pivoting from a closed condition substantially parallel to said ledge bottom side to an open position perpendicular to said ledge bottom side.
A privacy enclosure and entry way for a boat having a hull and a substantially planar deck having an outer periphery mounted on the hull, said enclosure comprising a first railing permanently mounted on at least a portion of the outer periphery of a first side of said deck, said first railing having an end, a second railing permanently mounted on at least a portion of the outer periphery of a second side of said deck, said second railing being substantially perpendicular to said first railing at said end, a door in said second railing adjacent said end, a ledge pivotably mounted on said first railing adjacent said end and adapted to allow ingress to and egress from said deck through said door when pivoted to a vertical upright orientation and block ingress to and egress from said deck when pivoted to a horizontal lowered orientation, and a support for maintaining said ledge in said vertical upright orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.