US 11,866,128 B2
Barrier accessory device for a watercraft and watercraft having same
Marc-Andre L'Heureux, Bromont (CA); Patrick Grondin, St-Denis de Brompton (CA); Karl Dery St-Cyr, St-Denis de Brompton (CA); and Abdelkarim Meskine, Valcourt (CA)
Assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC., Valcourt (CA)
Filed by BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC., Valcourt (CA)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/577,720.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/138,624, filed on Jan. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0227461 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B63B 17/04 (2006.01); B63B 7/04 (2020.01)
CPC B63B 7/04 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A barrier accessory device for a watercraft, the watercraft having a deck and a barrier structure connected to the deck, the barrier structure having upper and lower rails, the barrier accessory device comprising:
an accessory connection base configured for having at least one accessory removably connected thereto;
a first rail connector connected to the accessory connection base at a first end portion thereof, the first rail connector comprising a slot-engaging member configured to be inserted into a slot defined in one of the upper rail and the lower rail; and
a second rail connector connected to the accessory connection base at a second end portion thereof opposite the first end portion, the second rail connector comprising a locking assembly configured to be selectively locked onto an other one of the upper rail and the lower rail.