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Granted Patent B2
US 8,522,709 · App. 13/310,981 · Granted Sep 3, 2013

Wakeboard tower with sun cover and ski tow point

Inventors: Anthony Duane Williams (Maryville, TN); Robert Blaine Metcalf (Lenoir City, TN)
Assignee: Xtreme Marine Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,522,709
App. No.
13/310,981
Granted
Sep 3, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sun cover for use with a boat tower having an elevated tow point. The cover includes a frame having a forward portion and a rear portion located adjacent to the forward portion, with at least a portion of the rear portion being spaced above or below the forward portion, defining a gap defined above or below a trailing portion of the forward portion and a leading portion of the rear portion. The frame is mounted to the tower and oriented relative to the tower so that the tow point is accessible via the gap such that a tow rope connected to the tow point extends rearwardly from the tow point via the gap and the cover does not interfere with a tow rope attached to the tow point during use of the boat to pull a person being towed by the boat using the tow rope.

Claims (7)

1. A sun cover for installation onto a tower of a boat, the tower having at least a pair of opposed legs and at least one structural member extending between upper portions of the legs and a tow point extending upwardly from the tower, the cover comprising:

a frame having a forward portion and a rear portion located adjacent to and behind the forward portion, with at least a portion of the rear portion being vertically spaced relative to the forward portion;

a gap defined relative to a trailing portion of the forward portion and a leading portion of the rear portion of the frame; and

a mount that mounts the frame to the tower and fixedly orients the frame relative to the tower so that the tow point is accessible via the gap such that a tow rope connected to the tow point extends rearwardly from the tow point via the gap and the cover does not interfere with a tow rope attached to the tow point during use of the boat to pull a person being towed by the boat using the tow rope.

2. The sun cover of claim 1 , wherein the mount comprises a lockable pivot mount.

3. The sun cover of claim 1 , wherein the cover includes a covering material located on the frame.

4. The sun cover of claim 1 , wherein the entirety of the rear portion is spaced below an elevated central portion of the forward portion.

Assignments (11)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2018
From: TEXAS CAPITAL BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: HIGHLAND LAKES ACQUISITION, LLC; MARINE ACCESSORIES CORPORATION; GREAT LAKES BOAT TOP LLC; MONSTER MARINE PRODUCTS, INC.; XTREME MARINE CORPORATION; MARINE ACCESSORIES EUROPE HOLDCO, LLC; MARINE ACCESSORIES EUROPE B.V.
Reel/Frame 046091/0783 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2018
From: TEXAS CAPITAL BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: HIGHLAND LAKES ACQUISITION, LLC; XTREME MARINE CORPORATION; MARINE ACCESSORIES CORPORATION; GREAT LAKES BOAT TOP LLC; MONSTER MARINE PRODUCTS, INC.; MARINE ACCESSORIES CORP., INC.
Reel/Frame 046090/0708 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2018
From: RESOLUTE CAPITAL PARTNERS FUND III, L.P. (FORMERLY TENTH STREET FUND III, L.P.)
To: XTREME MARINE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046067/0876 →
FIRST AMENDMENT AND JOINDER TO SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2016
From: HIGHLAND LAKES ACQUISITION, LLC; MARINE ACCESSORIES CORPORATION; GREAT LAKES BOAT TOP LLC; MONSTER MARINE PRODUCTS, INC.; XTREME MARINE CORPORATION; MARINE ACCESSORIES EUROPE HOLDCO, LLC; MARINE ACCESSORIES EUROPE B. V.
To: TEXAS CAPITAL BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 038676/0530 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2015
From: XTREME MARINE CORPORATION
To: TENTH STREET FUND III, L.P.
Reel/Frame 036235/0392 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2015
From: MEDLEY CAPITAL CORPORATION
To: MARINE ACCESSORIES CORPORATION; MONSTER MARINE PRODUCTS, INC.; GREAT LAKES BOAT TOP LLC; XTREME MARINE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036230/0295 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2015
From: MB FINANCIAL BANK, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO COLE TAYLOR BANK
To: MARINE ACCESSORIES CORPORATION; MONSTER MARINE PRODUCTS, INC.; GREAT LAKES BOAT TOP LLC; XTREME MARINE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036228/0823 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2015
From: HIGHLAND LAKES ACQUISITION, LLC; MARINE ACCESSORIES CORP., INC.; MARINE ACCESSORIES CORPORATION; GREAT LAKES BOAT TOP LLC; MONSTER MARINE PRODUCTS, INC.; XTREME MARINE CORPORATION
To: TEXAS CAPITAL BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 036242/0789 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 2, 2014
From: MARINE ACCESSORIES CORPORATION; MONSTER MARINE PRODUCTS, INC.; GREAT LAKES BOAT TOP LLC; XTREME MARINE CORPORATION
To: COLE TAYLOR BANK
Reel/Frame 031910/0509 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 26, 2013
From: MONSTER MARINE PRODUCTS, INC.; XTREME MARINE CORPORATION; GREAT LAKES BOAT TOP LLC; MARINE ACCESSORIES CORPORATION
To: MEDLEY CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 031731/0385 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2011
From: WILLIAMS, ANTHONY DUANE; METCALF, ROBERT BLAINE
To: XTREME MARINE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027402/0418 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 13228033 · Sep 8, 2011
Provisional Application 61383516 · Sep 16, 2010
Related Publication 20120137954A1 · Jun 7, 2012