Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Protective cover or shield
Patent
1990-08-02
1991-12-10
Swinehart, Ed
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Protective cover or shield
441 40, 114345, B63B 1700
Patent
active
050708074
ABSTRACT:
This invention is a lightweight, potentially expendable, temporary canopy sembly for small open type watercraft. The thin resilient battens are interconnected in the form of a bowed longitudinal ridge member having a plurality of shorter length, transversely disposed, longitudinally spaced, bowed rib members connected therewith, with the free ends of the battens, inserted through D-ring type attachment means provided on the inner periphery of the watercraft, while exerting frictional tension against the craft's gunwales areas. A flexible Nylon type cover comprised of selectively joinable half sections is used as the protective canopy. It uses preferably complementally mateable hooks and loops type manual fastener means, such as Velcro.RTM. complemental fastener strips, to provide the selective attachment and detachment of the two halves over the bowed center ridge member, and also to detachably secure the canopy perimeter portions to the gunwale areas. The canopy half portions are adapted to be furled down from the center ridge and retained against the side gunwale areas by overlaid portions of a preexisting gunwale area peripherally extended safety line or cargo tie down rope.
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Sheinbein Sol
Swinehart Ed
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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