IP Library Granted Patent US 9,302,742
Granted Patent B2
US 9,302,742 · App. 14/206,095 · Granted Apr 5, 2016

Wakeboard tower

Inventors: Anthony Duane Williams (Maryville, TN); Bradley Michael Nemeth (Oak Ridge, TN); Robert Blaine Metcalf (Loudon, TN)
Assignee: Xtreme Marine Corporation
B63B15/00B63B35/815
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Patent No.
US 9,302,742
App. No.
14/206,095
Granted
Apr 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An arch shaped structural member suitable for use as a wakeboard tower including a pair of legs and a crosspiece supported by the legs, both of the legs and the crosspiece being a coreless cast structural member characterized as a cast structural member and devoid of a hollow interior enclosed by solid portions.

Claims (8)

1. A wakeboard tower, comprising:

an arch shaped wakeboard tower comprising at least two legs, each leg comprising an interior side facing an interior of a boat when mounted to the boat and an opposite exterior side facing away from the interior of the boat, a crosspiece supported by the legs, and a tow point, wherein the interior sides of the legs comprise a concave configuration with a recess disposed thereon and wherein, when the legs are mounted on a boat, the legs comprise a coreless cast construction characterized as a cast structural member and devoid of a hollow interior enclosed by solid portions.

2. The wakeboard tower of claim 1 , wherein the leg includes bosses formed within the recess and the leg further includes a removable decorative panel secured adjacent the recess by fasteners cooperating with the panel and the bosses.

3. The wakeboard tower of claim 1 , wherein the structural member of coreless cast construction is made of cast aluminum.

4. A wakeboard tower, comprising:

a pair of legs, each leg comprising an interior side facing an interior of a boat when mounted to the boat and an opposite exterior side facing away from the interior of the boat wherein the interior sides of the legs comprise a concave configuration with a recess disposed thereon and wherein, when the legs are mounted on a boat, the legs each comprise a coreless cast construction characterized as a cast structural leg devoid of a hollow interior enclosed by solid portions; and

a crosspiece of tubular aluminum construction attached to the legs to provide an arch shaped structural member suitable for use as a wakeboard tower.

5. A boat comprising a windshield and a raised structural member comprising a first leg extending substantially upwardly from a first side of the boat at a first location aft of the windshield, a second leg extending substantially upwardly from a second side of the boat at a second location aft of the windshield, and a cross member bridging an upper portion of the two legs, each leg having a concave configuration with an intermediate recessed section, and a removable decorative panel attached to an interior side of each leg so that the intermediate section is covered by the decorative panel.

Assignments (9)
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 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 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: 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 →
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 →
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2014
From: WILLIAMS, ANTHONY DUANE; NEMETH, BRADLEY MICHAEL; METCALF, ROBERT BLAINE
To: XTREME MARINE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032416/0190 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 12963953 · Dec 9, 2010
Provisional Application 61782963 · Mar 14, 2013
Related Publication 20140190392A1 · Jul 10, 2014