Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Protective cover or shield
Patent
1999-08-06
2000-12-12
Avila, Stephen
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Protective cover or shield
B63B 1700
Patent
active
061583774
ABSTRACT:
A knock-down canopy shelter for a boat, such as a pontoon boat, including a cover sheet of fabric, such as canvas, for overlying the deck of a boat, and a knock-down canopy framework which can be disassembled for storage and shipping and assembled to support the covering over the deck. The framework includes a pair of elongate side rails which are mounted on laterally opposite sides of the boat and include laterally integrally lower upstanding elongate slotted portion for mounting port post projecting upwardly from the boat, and an upper elongate lift supporting portion including laterally inwardly, upwardly inclined elongate slots. The framework also includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart, laterally extending cross rails and the plurality of coupling members for detachably which include laterally inner transverse portions detachably coupled to opposite ends of the cross rails and laterally outer rails elongate portions detachably received in the slots for coupling the cross rails to the side rails. Mechanism is provided for detachably coupling the fabric covering to the framework.
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Avila Stephen
Swartz John J.
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