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Granted Patent B2
US 11,345,446 · App. 17/096,375 · Granted May 31, 2022

Windscreen for boats

Inventors: Jim Wilson (Loudon, TN); Melvin W. McInerney (Loudon, TN)
Assignee: Great Lakes Boat Top LLC
B63B19/02B63B29/04
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Patent No.
US 11,345,446
App. No.
17/096,375
Granted
May 31, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A boat having a windscreen attached to the boat without the use of tools. The boat has a T-top including a canopy supported in an elevated position by an upright support fixed to the boat. A rigid boat windscreen having a plurality of clamps is mounted to the rigid boat windscreen and also mounted to the upright support. The clamps are mounted to the support manually without the use of tools and the clamps each include a mount secured to the rigid screen and a C-shaped, flexible portion connected to the mount and positioned about the support.

Claims (15)

1. A boat having a windscreen attached to the boat without the use of tools, the boat and windscreen comprising:

a boat having a T-top including a canopy supported in an elevated position by an upright support fixed to the boat; and

a rigid boat windscreen having a plurality of clamps mounted to the rigid boat windscreen and also mounted to the upright support, the clamps being mounted to the support manually without the use of tools and the clamps each comprising a mount secured to the rigid screen and a C-shaped portion connected to the mount and positioned about the support;

wherein the C-shaped portion of the clamps includes a free end extending from one of the edges of the C-shaped portion and secured to a portion of the C-shaped portion opposite the free end;

and further wherein the free end has uniformly spaced apart apertures along the length of the free end, and pegs located on a portion of the C-Shaped portion opposite the free end, the apertures on the free end engaging the pegs.

2. The boat of claim 1 , further comprising a bumper installed around perimeter edges of the rigid boat windscreen.

3. A boat having a windscreen attached to the boat without the use of tools, the boat and windscreen comprising:

a boat having a center console with an upright support; and

a rigid boat windscreen having a plurality of clamps mounted to the rigid boat windscreen and also mounted to the upright support, the clamps being mounted to the support manually without the use of tools and the clamps each comprising a mount secured to the rigid screen and a C-shaped portion connected to the mount and positioned about the support;

wherein the C-shaped portion of the clamps includes a free end extending from one of the edges of the C-shaped portion and secured to a portion of the C-shaped portion opposite the free end;

and further wherein the free end has uniformly spaced apart apertures along the length of the free end, and pegs located on a portion of the C-Shaped portion opposite the free end, the apertures on the free end engaging the pegs.

4. A boat having a windscreen attached to the boat without the use of tools, the boat and windscreen comprising:

a boat having a T-top including a canopy supported in an elevated position by an upright support fixed to the boat; and

a rigid boat windscreen having a plurality of clamps mounted to the rigid boat windscreen and also mounted to the upright support, the clamps being mounted to the support manually without the use of tools and the clamps each comprising a mount secured to the rigid screen and a flexible portion connected to the mount and positioned about the support in a tensioned condition,

wherein a free end of the flexible portion has uniformly spaced apart apertures along a length of the free end, and pegs are located on a portion of the flexible portion opposite the free end, and wherein apertures on the free end engage the pegs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2020
From: WILSON, JIM; MCINERNEY, MELVIN W.
To: GREAT LAKES BOAT TOP LLC
Reel/Frame 054401/0224 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62950512 · Dec 19, 2019
Related Publication 20210188400A1 · Jun 24, 2021
Cited By (1)
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