Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Protective cover or shield
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-15
2009-08-11
Avila, Stephen (Department: 3617)
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Protective cover or shield
Reexamination Certificate
active
07571691
ABSTRACT:
A retractable bimini top device is disclosed for automated operation and mounted attachment to an existing rooftop member set over the deck of a boat. The inventive device includes a U-shaped support frame having respective side legs adapted to travel longitudinally through a pair of housing tube members disposed in parallel and mounted beneath the rooftop member. The side legs of the U-shaped frame are coaxially fitted within the housing tube members and made to travel together in unison through the respective tube members, each upon a lead screw that is driven by a reversible motor electrically powered and mounted at the end of each tube. A canvas cover attached along its outer end to the transverse portion of the U-shaped frame is stored in a rolled-up state about a spring-loaded roller mounted transversely between the housing tube members so that the canvas cover may be extended in a substantially horizontal manner and retracted as the side legs of the support frame are moved in alternate linear directions through the housing tube members.
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patent: 6439150 (2002-08-01), Murphy et al.
patent: 2005/0252429 (2005-11-01), Logan et al.
Avila Stephen
Vozzo, Jr. Armand M.
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