Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Seat and foot support
Reexamination Certificate
2009-01-30
2011-11-15
Avila, Stephen (Department: 3617)
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Seat and foot support
Reexamination Certificate
active
08056497
ABSTRACT:
A boat coverable by a flexible cover has a hull, a deck, and a tower movably connected to the deck. The tower has a central structure. The tower is movable between a first position and a second position. The deck is coverable by the flexible cover when the tower is in the second position such that the flexible cover is associated with at least a portion of the central structure. The portion of the central structure is movable to a third position vertically intermediate positions of the central structure in the first and second positions of the tower to tension the cover. A boat having a flexible cover connected to the central structure of the tower and a method of a method of installing a flexible cover on a boat are also disclosed.
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English Abstract of DE202006009963.
Gagnon Claude
Larouche Joey
Mercier Daniel
Rondeau Pierre
Spade Sam
Avila Stephen
BRP US Inc.
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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