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US 8,739,723 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for wake enlargement system
OwnerMichael Murphyinventor
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Abstract
A Method and Apparatus for Wake Enlargement System have been disclosed. By using water pick ups that are mounted or deployable on a boat controlled filling of ballast tanks is possible without the use of pumps.
Claims4
An apparatus comprising:
- a boat having a hull, said hull having a bow, and a stern, said boat having a port side, and a starboard side;
- a bow ballast tank mounted in the bow of said hull;
- a port rear ballast tank mounted on the port side of said boat;
- a starboard rear ballast tank mounted on the starboard side of said boat;
- a bow ater pick up mounted on said hull;
- wherein said bow water pick up is mounted on said hull aft of said bow ballast tank and forward of said port rear ballast tank and forward of said starboard rear ballast tank;
- a port electrically activated valve mounted on the port side of said boat;
- a starboard electrically activated valve mounted on the starboard side of said boat;
- and
- wherein said port electrically activated valve is connected to said port rear ballast tank and to a port side water drain hose, and wherein said starboard electrically activated valve is connected to said starboard rear ballast tank and to a starboard side water drain hose.
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A method comprising:
- mounting a bow water pick-up on a hull of a boat;
- mounting a port deployable water pick up on a transom of said boat;
- mounting a starboard deployable water pick up on a starboard of said boat;
- and
- when said boat is in motion filling a bow ballast tank from said bow water pickup, and filling a rear port ballast tank from said port deployable water pick up, and filling a rear starboard ballast tank from said starboard deployable water pick up;
- wherein said mounting said bow water pick-up on said hull of said boat is mounting said bow water pick-up flush with said hull of said boat and mounting said bow water pick-up between said bow ballast tank and a most forward of said rear port ballast tank and said rear starboard ballast tank;
- installing a valve between said bow water pick-up and said bow ballast tank;
- connecting a port water drain hose between said rear port ballast tank and an opening on a port side of said hull;
- and
- connecting a starboard water drain hose between said rear starboard ballast tank and an opening on a starboard side of said hull.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.