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US 8,770,136 B2Granted
Retractable boat cover assembly
OwnerJeffrey Larsoninventor
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Abstract
A cover assembly for use to protect the contents of a boat including a pair of channels, a semi-rigid guide member slidably disposed within a passage of one of the channels, a crossrod supported on each end by one of the pair of channels and connected on one end to the semi-rigid guide member, and a cover sheet connected to the crossrod. The cover assembly configured such that as a retraction mechanism moves the semi-rigid guide member in the passage, the cover is extended or retracted to the desired position.
Claims14
A cover assembly on a deck of a boat, comprising:
- a first channel having a first passage defined therein;
- a second channel having a second passage defined therein;
- a semi-rigid guide member slidably disposed within the first passage of said first channel;
- a crossrod having a first end and a second end, said crossrod supported on each end by one of said first and second channels, said first end of said crossrod further connected to said semi-rigid guide member such that said crossrod moves in response to movement of said semi-rigid guide member;
- a retraction mechanism operably connected to said semi-rigid guide member and adapted to move said semi-rigid guide member through said first passage;
- and
- a flexible cover sheet connected to said crossrod, wherein said first and second channels run longitudinally along at least a portion of a length of the boat.
4 more elements
A boat comprising:
- a frame and a cover assembly on a deck of the boat, said frame comprising:
- a first channel having a first passage defined therein;
- a second channel having a second passage defined therein;
- and
- a semi-rigid guide member slidably disposed within the first passage of said first channel;
- and
- a retraction mechanism operably connected to said semi-rigid guide member and adapted to move said semi-rigid guide member through said first passage;
- said cover assembly comprising:
- a crossrod having a first end and a second end, said crossrod supported on each end by one of said first and second channels, said first end of said crossrod further connected to said semi-rigid guide member such that said crossrod moves in response to movement of said semi-rigid guide member;
- and
- a flexible cover sheet connected to said crossrod.
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A boat comprising a deck, a frame structure, and a cover assembly;
- said frame structure attached to said deck and comprising a support system and a first channel and a second channel;
- said support system attached to said first and second channel and disposing said first and second channels at a predetermined distance from each other;
- said first channel having a first passage defined therein and said second channel having a second passage defined therein;
- said cover assembly operably interacts with said frame structure, said cover assembly comprising a flexible cover sheet, a semi-rigid guide member, a crossrod;
- and a retraction mechanism, said semi-rigid guide member slidably disposed within said first passage and attached to said retraction mechanism, said crossrod spanning said predetermined distance between said first and second channel and comprising a first end and a second end, said first end attached to said semi- rigid guide member, said flexible cover sheet attached to said crossrod;
- wherein said flexible cover sheet, said crossrod, said semi-rigid guide member, and said retraction mechanism all move to enable said flexible cover sheet to cover or uncover a portion of said deck.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.