Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Seat and foot support
Patent
1988-05-20
1989-11-28
Basinger, Sherman D.
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Seat and foot support
114364, 4599, B63B 1700
Patent
active
048830160
ABSTRACT:
A collapsible privacy chamber preferably for use aboard a boat or other watercraft is provided. The privacy chamber includes an openable enclosure having an openable top, a sectional support member, mechanism for anchoring the sectional support member inside of the openable enclosure, an upper suppport frame, a flexible sheet attachable to the upper support frame such that the flexible sheet can hang from the upper support frame thereby providing a partial enclosure such that one can obtain a measure of privacy inside of the partial enclosure, an upper mechanism for supporting the upper support frame such that the upper support frame can support the flexible sheet. The sectional support member preferably includes a plurality of elongated cooperating segments. The sectional support member cooperates with the anchoring mechanism to anchor the support member in the openable enclosure such that the assembled support member can extend vertically from the enclosure. Preferably, the privacy chamber includes a portable toilet located inside the openable enclosure. The elements of the partial enclosure are preferably collapsible such that they may be disassembled and placed within the openable enclosure so that the openable enclosure may be closed and used as a bench on the deck of a watercraft. The openable enclosure is preferably portable, however, in an alternate embodiment, it is incorporated into the deck of a boat.
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