# US 8,539,901 B2 · Boat casting platform > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,539,901 B2 - Document ID: US8539901B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/931,364 - Filed: 2011-02-01 - Published: 2012-08-02 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2011-02-01 - Applicants: Harold T. Chittum - Inventors: Harold T. Chittum - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8539901B2 ## CPC - B63B 17/00: Vessels parts, details, or accessories, not otherwise provided for {(vehicle fittings for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles in general B60R25/00; propeller guards, line cutters or other means for protecting propellers or rudders B63H5/165; protection of power legs of outboard propulsion units B63H20/36; locking devices for boats, surfboards or parts or accessories thereof E05B73/007)} - B63B 17/04: Stanchions; Guard-rails {; Bulwarks or the like} - B63B 35/14: Fishing vessels (fishing A01K69/00 - A01K97/00) - B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06) ## Abstract A casting platform apparatus for a fishing boat includes a frame which can be attached to the bow of a boat. The frame has a floor to allow a fisherman to be supported thereon and includes both a handrail and a body support rail along with a fishing line collection net therebetween and a gate for entering onto and off the casting platform. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A casting platform for a fishing boat comprising: a frame having a plurality of leg members each having two ends and being attached together by a plurality of brace members, each brace member extending generally perpendicular to a pair of said leg members and being attached to each of said pair of leg members; a floor supported on a plurality of said brace members for supporting a person thereon; a generally C-shaped hand rail attached to one end of each of said plurality of leg members; and a generally C-shaped body support rail having a plurality of body rail support members attached to said plurality of leg members, said support rail being located inside of said hand rail for supporting a person thereagainst; and a net extending between said hand rail and said body support rail; whereby a casting platform for a boat hull can support a person thereon. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The casting platform in accordance with claim 1 in which each of said plurality of leg members is curved outward from the other end thereof from said one end thereof. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The casting platform in accordance with claim 2 having four leg members. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The casting platform in accordance with claim 2 in which said hand rail is attached to each of said plurality leg members one end. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The casting platform in accordance with claim 1 in which said net is attached to said hand rail and extends around a plurality of said brace members and is attached to said body support rail. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The casting platform in accordance with claim 5 in which each of said plurality of leg members is an elongated tubular frame member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The casting platform in accordance with claim 6 in which each of said brace members is a tubular member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The casting platform in accordance with claim 7 in which said hand rail is tubular. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The casting platform in accordance with claim 8 in which said body support rail is tubular. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The casting platform in accordance with claim 9 in which said generally C-shaped hand rail has an opening sized to a allow a person to fit therethrough. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The casting platform in accordance with claim 10 in which said generally C-shaped body support rail has an opening therein sized to a allow a person to fit therethrough. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The casting platform in accordance with claim 11 including a removably attached body rail member extending across said body support rail opening. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The casting platform in accordance with claim 12 including a removably attached hand rail member extending across said hand rail opening. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The casting platform in accordance with claim 13 in said removably attached body rail member and said removably attached hand rail member are attached together. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The casting platform in accordance with claim 14 in said removably attached body rail member and said removably attached hand rail member are attached together by a plurality of curved support members. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The casting platform in accordance with claim 15 in which said removably attached body rail member and said removably attached hand rail member have a net attached therebetween. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The casting platform in accordance with claim 15 in said removably attached body rail member has a pair of clip members attached thereto for attaching to a pair of protrusions extending from said body support rail. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The casting platform in accordance with claim 1 in which each of said plurality of leg members has a foot attached to the other end thereof.