US 12,291,309 B2
Automated cover support and method
Christopher T. Stanton, Stillwater, MN (US)
Filed by Christopher T. Stanton, Stillwater, MN (US)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/469,459.
Application 18/469,459 is a continuation of application No. 17/852,723, filed on Jun. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,760,442, issued on Sep. 19, 2023.
Application 17/852,723 is a continuation of application No. 16/941,086, filed on Jul. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,377,173, issued on Jul. 5, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/880,299, filed on Jul. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0010300 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B63B 17/00 (2006.01); B63B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 17/02 (2013.01) [B63B 17/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A boat deck comprising a horizontal deck floor surrounded by a vertical perimeter structure, the deck floor comprising an automated cover support comprising a pole adapted to be moved vertically through a hole in the deck floor between: an extended position above the deck floor, and an un-extended position below the deck floor with the pole retracted entirely into the hole in the deck floor.