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US 9,038,559 B2Granted
Keel pad, boat hull with a keel pad and retrofit kit
AssigneeProp It Rite Consulting Services, Inc.
InventorsJose Abella, Jorge Valderrama
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Abstract
A keel pad is provided for a hull of a boat. The keel pad contains a main body and two fingers extending from the main body in a direction of a front of the hull. Due to curved shape of the fingers, drag is reduced allowing the boat better planing properties and greater fuel efficiencies.
Claims20
A keel pad for a V-shaped hull of a boat, the keel pad comprising:
- a main body having a forward end;
- and
- two strakes extending out only from a front end of said forward end of said main body in a direction of a front of the V-shaped hull, said two strakes being flush with said main body at said forward end, said main body with said two strakes when attached to the V-shaped hull providing hydrodynamic lift due to a bypassing water flow.
A boat, comprising:
- a V-shaped hull having a front and a transom;
- and
- a keel pad extending from said V-shaped hull, said keel pad having a main body with a forward end and two strakes extending out only from a front end of said forward end of said main body in a direction of said front of said V-shaped hull, said two strakes being flush with said main body at said forward end, said main body with said two strakes providing hydrodynamic lift due to a bypassing water flow.
A retrofit kit, comprising:
- a keel pad to be attached to a V-shaped hull of a boat, said keel pad containing a main body having a front end and two strakes extending out only from a front end of said forward end of said main body in a direction of a front of the V-shaped hull, said two strakes being flush with said main body at said forward end, said main body with said two strakes providing hydrodynamic lift due to a bypassing water flow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.