US 12,296,936 B2
Boat side console
John St. John, Steamboat Springs, CO (US); and C. Ray Coleman, Sandy, UT (US)
Assigned to H.I. Boat Works, Steamboat Springs, CO (US)
Filed by H.I. Boat Works, Steamboat Springs, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/709,051.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/275,219, filed on Nov. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/167,986, filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0315192 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B63H 25/02 (2006.01); B63B 15/00 (2006.01); B63H 21/21 (2006.01)
CPC B63H 25/02 (2013.01) [B63B 15/00 (2013.01); B63H 21/21 (2013.01); B63H 2021/216 (2013.01); B63H 2025/022 (2013.01); B63H 2025/028 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular steering console comprising:
a main console portion having a top side and a side extending at an angle from the top side, wherein the top side comprises at least one main console hole or at least one main console slot for receiving bolts;
one or more brackets having one or more top sides comprising at least one bracket slot if the main console portion top side comprises the at least one main console hole or at least one bracket hole if the main console portion top side comprises the at least one main console slot configured to be fastened to the main console top side by at least one bolt through the at least one bracket slot or the at least one bracket hole to allow lateral adjustment of the brackets while allowing a side of the brackets and the side of the main console portion to sandwich a side of a boat; and
wherein the one or more brackets comprise an angled portion between the one or more top sides of the one or more brackets and the side of the brackets that is neither coplanar with the top side of the main console portion nor the side of the main console portion in a fashion that allows the modular console to fit around a gunwale of a boat.