Foldable diving platform for wakeboard tower
View Patent ↗A foldable diving platform for attachment to a wakeboard tower. The platform includes a base section affixable to tubing of the wakeboard tower and a folding section hinged to the based section. The folding section may be rotated about the hinge to enable storage atop the base section or full deployment collinear and coplanar with the base section.
1. A foldable diving platform for a wakeboard tower, said platform comprising:
a base section including a horizontal surface;
a first pair of mounting brackets aligned perpendicular to said horizontal surface;
a second pair of mounting brackets aligned at an acute angle towards said first pair of mounting brackets;
said first and second pairs of mounting brackets each including apertures at ends thereof for attachment to wakeboard tower tubing;
a foldable section including a planar surface;
a pair of hinge mechanisms connecting said base section to said foldable section enabling movement of said foldable section between a stored position wherein said horizontal surface is adjacent and parallel to said planar surface and a deployed position wherein said horizontal surface is collinear and coplanar with said planar surface.
2. The platform as claimed in claim 1 wherein said pair of hinge mechanisms each includes a first bracket located on said foldable section and a second bracket located on said base section with a hinge pin provided to enable movement of said first bracket relative to said second bracket.
3. The platform as claimed in claim 2 wherein said first bracket is formed from a single triangular element and said second bracket is formed from a double triangular element, and said second bracket forms a slot into which said first bracket is movable.
4. The platform as claimed in claim 1 wherein said base section includes lateral braces on an underside thereof, at least two lateral braces providing support to said first and second pairs of mounting brackets.
5. The platform as claimed in claim 4 wherein one of said lateral braces is positioned near an interface between said base section and said foldable section.
6. The platform as claimed in claim 1 wherein said base section includes a spacer on a top surface thereof, said spacer providing a resting surface for said foldable section when said foldable section is in said stored position.
7. The platform as claimed in claim 1 wherein said base section includes a mounting mechanism for enabling a platform user increased access to said platform when said foldable section is in said deployed position.
8. The platform as claimed in claim 7 wherein said mounting mechanism is a ladder.