Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Deck or gunwale attachment
Patent
1987-03-05
1988-08-09
Basinger, Sherman D.
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Deck or gunwale attachment
248235, B63B 1700
Patent
active
047620811
ABSTRACT:
An improved platform bracket utilizes a two-piece construction that provides secure attachment of a swim board to a boat transom, while permitting quick and easy removal of the swim board from the boat when desired. One piece of the platform bracket is a wall portion that bolts directly to the boat transom with through-bolts. This wall portion includes a transom plate for attachment to the transom, and a hollow jacket or receiver member secured to the plate with the longitudinal axis of the receiver parallel to the plane of the transom plate, so that the receiver is oriented generally vertically when the transom plate is bolted to the transom. The other piece of the platform bracket is a separate shelf portion, which screws directly to the swim board itself. The shelf portion includes a support plate for attachment to the swim board; a longitudinal shaft or post, which is mounted to the support plate at an angle so that the plane of the swim board will be parallel to the water's surface; and, if necessary, a brace member triangulating the two. The post of the shelf portion is sized to fit within the hollow receiver of the wall portion, with a channel cut-out of the receiver to accomodate the post's brace member, if any. A cotter pin or other locking mechanism fits through a hole in the hollow receiver and solid post to lock the two in place, thereby securing the swim board to the boat.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2658811 (1953-11-01), Eck
patent: 3195680 (1965-07-01), Thornburg et al.
patent: 3862456 (1975-01-01), Fisher et al.
patent: 4085473 (1978-04-01), Franklin
Basinger Sherman D.
Johnson Larry D.
Sotelo Jesus D.
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