Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Circular
Patent
1992-11-25
1994-07-26
Huppert, Michael S.
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Circular
114125, 114363, 440 6, B63B 300
Patent
active
053319141
ABSTRACT:
The boat has a circular hull which rotatably supports an overlying deck and its attached pedestal seat for rotation about an upright axis concentric with the center axis of the hull. For steering the boat, an electrically powered trolling motor secured to the deck is turned into a new selected direction of travel by the operator merely swiveling his seat, causing rotation of the deck relative to the hull and avoiding the need to turn the hull itself within the water. Preferably, the motor is built into the seat assembly in such a way that when the operator sits on the seat, the motor is depressed down out of a storage recess on the underside of the boat and into an operating position, and when the operator is off the seat, the motor is spring biased back up into its stored position within the recess. A single access hatch opening in the deck may be selectively rotated into registration with any one of a number of below-deck compartments contained within the hull to permit the operator to access such compartments without leaving his seat or changing positions.
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Brahan Thomas J.
Huppert Michael S.
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