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US 8,800,461 B2Granted
Boat separator useful for separating boats with wakeboard racks
OwnerJames Lawrence Gagan, IIinventor
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Abstract
A boat separator comprising a boat extender having a first cross member attached to a first end of the boat extender, and a second cross member attached to the second end of the boat extender. The boat separator preferably has an adjustable length such that the boat extender can be extended between 20 and 30 inches.
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A boat separator comprising:
- a boat extender having a first cross member attached to a first end of the boat extender, and a second cross member attached to the second end of the boat extender, wherein the first cross member has a length of 14 inches or more and is positionable within wakeboard support members that are separated from each other by a distance of 2¾ inches;
- wherein a stop is positioned at each end of the first cross member.
A boat separator comprising:
- a boat extender having a first cross member attached to a first end of the boat extender, wherein the first cross member has a length of 14 inches or more;
- wherein the first cross member is positionable within wakeboard support members, and at least a portion of the cross member has a width that is smaller than the spacing between wakeboard support members.
A method of separating a first boat having a wakeboard rack from a second boat, comprising the steps of:
- providing a boat separator having a boat extender and a first cross member attached to a first end of the boat extender, wherein the first cross member has a length of 14 inches or more;
- and wherein at least a portion of the first cross member has a width that is smaller than the spacing between wakeboard support members on the wakeboard rack on the first boat;
- positioning the first cross member on the wakeboard rack on the first boat;
- and
- positioning a second end of the boat extender on the second boat.
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