US 12,071,204 B1
Sport board rack for power boat
Lyle Andrew Ramsdell, Lenoir City, TN (US); Patrick Bryan Dawley, Loudon, TN (US); Matthew Bradford Slayden, Knoxville, TN (US); and Jeffrey Lee Predmore, Knoxville, TN (US)
Assigned to Malibu Boats, LLC, Loudon, TN (US)
Filed by Malibu Boats, LLC, Loudon, TN (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/806,179.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/202,399, filed on Jun. 9, 2021.
Int. Cl. B63B 32/83 (2020.01); A47B 81/00 (2006.01); B63B 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 32/83 (2020.02) [A47B 81/005 (2013.01); B63B 25/002 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A board rack configured to be incorporated onto a power boat, the board rack comprising:
a base;
a first pair of seats configured to receive a first board;
a second pair of seats configured to receive a second board;
a first telescoping arm configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position, the first telescoping arm comprising a first claw configured to cooperate with the first pair of seats to secure the first board between the first claw and the first pair of seats; and
a second telescoping arm configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position, the second telescoping arm comprising a second claw configured to cooperate with the second pair of seats to secure the second board between the second claw and the second pair of seats;
wherein the first telescoping arm and the first pair of seats are configured to pivot together with respect to the base; and
wherein the second telescoping arm and the second pair of seats are configured to pivot together with respect to the base and separately from the first telescoping arm and the first pair of seats.
 
11. A board rack configured to be incorporated onto a power boat, the board rack comprising:
a base configured to be incorporated with a tower of the power boat;
a first seat and a second seat, the first seat and the second seat configured to receive a board; and
a telescoping arm configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position, the telescoping arm comprising a claw, a pawl, and a ratchet insert, the claw configured to rotate between an open position and a closed position, and the pawl biased by way of a spring to engage with teeth of the ratchet insert to prevent moving of the telescoping arm to the extended position without manipulating a release of a housing;
wherein the board rack is configured to secure the board between the claw, the first seat, and the second seat with the claw rotated to the closed position and the telescoping arm retracted.
 
19. A board rack configured to be incorporated onto a power boat, the board rack comprising:
a base;
a first seat and a second seat, the first seat and the second seat configured to receive a board; and
a telescoping arm configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position, the telescoping arm comprising:
a claw configured to rotate between an open position and a closed position; and
a housing comprising a trigger, the housing disposed between the claw and the base and configured to be pushed to rotate the claw open and move the telescoping arm to the extended position and pulled to move the telescoping arm to the retracted position, and the trigger configured to be squeezed to rotate the claw closed;
wherein the board rack is configured to secure the board between the claw, the first seat, and the second seat with the claw rotated to the closed position and the telescoping arm retracted.
 
20. A board rack configured to be incorporated onto a power boat, the board rack comprising:
a base;
a first pair of seats configured to receive a first board;
a second pair of seats configured to receive a second board;
a first telescoping arm configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position, the first telescoping arm comprising a first claw configured to cooperate with the first pair of seats to secure the first board between the first claw and the first pair of seats; and
a second telescoping arm configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position, the second telescoping arm comprising a second claw configured to cooperate with the second pair of seats to secure the second board between the second claw and the second pair of seats;
wherein the first telescoping arm and the first pair of seats are configured to pivot together with respect to the base;
wherein the second telescoping arm and the second pair of seats are configured to pivot together with respect to the base; and
wherein each of the first telescoping arm and the second telescoping arm comprises a pawl and a ratchet insert, the pawl biased by way of a spring to engage with teeth of the ratchet insert to prevent moving of the first telescoping arm and the second telescoping arm to the extended position without manipulating a release.
 
21. A board rack configured to be incorporated onto a power boat, the board rack comprising:
a base;
a first pair of seats configured to receive a first board;
a second pair of seats configured to receive a second board;
a first telescoping arm configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position, the first telescoping arm comprising a first claw configured to cooperate with the first pair of seats to secure the first board between the first claw and the first pair of seats;
a second telescoping arm configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position, the second telescoping arm comprising a second claw configured to cooperate with the second pair of seats to secure the second board between the second claw and the second pair of seats; and
a first shaft and a second shaft, the first telescoping arm and the first pair of seats coupled to the first shaft, and the second telescoping arm and the second pair of seats coupled to the second shaft;
wherein the first telescoping arm and the first pair of seats are configured to pivot together with respect to the base;
wherein the second telescoping arm and the second pair of seats are configured to pivot together with respect to the base;
wherein longitudinal lengths of the first telescoping arm and the first shaft are perpendicularly orientated relative to each other; and
wherein longitudinal lengths of the second telescoping arm and the second shaft are perpendicularly orientated relative to each other.