Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wake-modifying device for a boat
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Application No.: US14922451Application Date: 2015-10-26
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Publication No.: US09643697B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Darren S. Sheedy , Matthew J. Huyge , Michael D. Myers , Zane E. Schwenk
- Applicant: MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TN Vonore
- Assignee: MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC
- Current Assignee: MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Vonore
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Main IPC: B63B1/20
- IPC: B63B1/20 ; B63B39/06 ; B63B1/28 ; B63B35/85 ; B63B1/26 ; B63B1/22

Abstract:
A recreational sport boat includes a hull, having starboard and port sides and a transom, and a pair of wake-modifying devices positioned aft of the transom. One of the wake-modifying devices is positioned on a port side of the boat's centerline and another of the wake-modifying devices is positioned on a starboard side of the boat's centerline. Each wake-modifying device includes a plate-like member and at least one downturned surface at a trailing portion of the plate-like member. Each wake-modifying device is pivotable between a non-deployed position and a deployed position about a pivot axis that is horizontal or inclined no more than about 35° from horizontal. When a wake-modifying device is in the deployed position, the downturned surface is lower than it is in the non-deployed position so as to be able to modify the boat's wake.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160039501A1 Wake-Modifying Device for a Boat Public/Granted day:2016-02-11
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