US 11,834,137 B2
Folding stowable seat for a boat
Rod Mast, Warsaw, IN (US)
Assigned to Highwater Marine, LLC, Elkhart, IN (US)
Appl. No. 17/055,532
Filed by HIGHWATER MARINE, LLC, Elkhart, IN (US)
PCT Filed May 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/033146
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 13, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/222749, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/673,358, filed on May 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0214052 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. B63B 29/04 (2006.01); B63B 19/14 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 21/24 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 29/04 (2013.01) [B63B 19/14 (2013.01); B63B 2029/043 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 21/062 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01); H01Q 21/24 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stowable seat for a boat, comprising:
a plurality of upstanding walls defining a compartment having an open upper end;
a moveable lid moveably connected to the boat and moveable relative to the plurality of upstanding walls, the moveable lid moveable through a lid range of motion between: a step position covering the open upper end of the compartment and presenting a stepping surface to support a user walking atop the moveable lid over an area of the boat; and a seat back position allowing access to the compartment via the open upper end; and
a seat bottom moveably secured relative to the at least one of the plurality of upstanding walls and moveable through a seat bottom range of motion between: a stowed position within the compartment, below the open upper end, and covered by the moveable lid in the step position of the moveable lid; and a use position with the seat bottom extending above the compartment and substantially enclosing the open upper end of the compartment, for use as a seat over the area of the boat, the moveable lid maintaining the seat back position to allow the seat bottom to be positioned in the use position, in the seat back position the moveable lid oriented to provide back support to a user seated on the seat bottom.