US 11,718,372 B2
Boat having an improved ability to get on plane and improved method of getting a boat on plane
Matthew J. Huyge, Wyoming, MI (US); Michael D. Myers, Knoxville, TN (US); Darren S. Sheedy, Greenback, TN (US); and David F. Ekern, Knoxville, TN (US)
Assigned to MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC, Vonore, TN (US)
Filed by MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC, Vonore, TN (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/346,634.
Application 17/346,634 is a continuation of application No. 16/706,232, filed on Dec. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,040,757.
Application 16/706,232 is a continuation of application No. 15/918,022, filed on Mar. 12, 2018, granted, now 10,501,148, issued on Dec. 10, 2019.
Application 15/918,022 is a continuation of application No. 15/004,050, filed on Jan. 22, 2016, granted, now 9,914,503, issued on Mar. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/106,330, filed on Jan. 22, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0300505 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B63B 1/22 (2006.01); B63B 1/28 (2006.01); B63B 1/32 (2006.01); B63B 39/06 (2006.01); B63B 34/70 (2020.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01)
CPC B63B 1/22 (2013.01) [B63B 1/286 (2013.01); B63B 1/32 (2013.01); B63B 39/061 (2013.01); B63B 34/70 (2020.02); B63B 79/10 (2020.01)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
30. A method of operating a boat having at least three trim devices, a first one of the trim devices being a port-side trim device provided on a port side of the boat's centerline, a second one of the trim devices being a starboard-side trim device provided on a starboard side of the boat's centerline, and a third one of the trim devices being an intermediate trim device provided between the port-side and the starboard-side trim devices, the method comprising:
determining the speed of the boat;
if the port-side trim device is in a deployed position, moving the port-side trim device from the deployed position to a non-deployed position when it is determined the speed of the boat exceeds a first predetermined threshold;
if the starboard-side trim device is in a deployed position, moving the starboard-side trim device from the deployed position to a non-deployed position when it is determined the speed of the boat exceeds a second predetermined threshold; and
if the intermediate trim device is in a deployed position, moving the intermediate trim device from the deployed position to a non-deployed position when it is determined the speed of the boat exceeds a third predetermined threshold,
wherein the third predetermined threshold is less than the first and second predetermined thresholds, and
wherein the deployed position is a position in which the respective trim device creates an upward force on the boat as the boat moves through the water.