US 12,325,493 B1
Watercraft with tower storage
Dylan Anderson, San Francisco, CA (US); Cristian Porter, San Francisco, CA (US); and Michael Schier, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Arc Boat Company, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Arc Boat Company, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/028,855.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/551,639, filed on Feb. 9, 2024.
Int. Cl. B63B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 17/02 (2013.01) [B63B 2017/026 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watercraft comprising:
a hull; and
a tower assembly coupled to the hull; wherein the tower assembly includes:
a cover with a front end, a rear end, a top side, and a bottom side; and
a plurality of straps coupled to the bottom side;
wherein the plurality of straps is spaced apart along a column axis that extends from the front end to the rear end;
wherein each of the plurality of straps is elastically deformable; and
wherein each of the plurality of straps is fixed at a first end to a side protrusion of the cover, and wherein each of the plurality of straps is fixed at a second end to a center protrusion of the cover.