Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Seat and foot support
Patent
1993-03-19
1994-07-19
Swinehart, Edwin L.
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Seat and foot support
B63B 1700
Patent
active
053298713
ABSTRACT:
A pivoting bracket for supporting a boat seat at an appropriate position above the deck of a boat, such bracket permitting the seat normally to remain upright, but also to be pivoted, on occasion, into a low center of gravity position adjacent the deck, thus to provide better visibility to the person operating the boat. This bracket comprises a pair of interfitting members, with one of these members being a clevis-shaped first member having spaced-apart portions, and the second member being interposed between the spaced-apart portions. A pivot pin extends through the spaced-apart portions of the first member as well as through the second member, the pivot pin permitting the members to reside in an aligned relationship when the seat is intended to reside in an upright position. The pivot pin also permits the members to reside in an angular attitude when the seat is to be moved out of the upright position. An appropriately placed locking device enables the members to be locked in an aligned relationship, such that a user may sit on the seat without the seat possibly moving into an unusable position. The locking device is preferably a spring biased locking pin that can be moved into any one of a number of possible locking positions, so that the seat may be held in a desired relationship to the deck.
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Classic Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Renfro Julian C.
Swinehart Edwin L.
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