US 12,403,986 B1
Marine vessels and convertible windshield apparatuses for marine vessels
Fabrizio DeLuca, Port Orange, FL (US); John E. Barbier, Port Orange, FL (US); and Noah S. Esham, Edgewater, FL (US)
Assigned to Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US)
Filed by Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/743,144.
Int. Cl. B63B 17/02 (2006.01); E05F 15/60 (2015.01)
CPC B63B 17/02 (2013.01) [E05F 15/60 (2015.01); E05Y 2201/434 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/626 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/514 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/55 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
20. A convertible windshield apparatus for a marine vessel, the convertible windshield apparatus comprising:
a cover having a recess,
an auxiliary windshield being pivotable into and between a stowed position in which the auxiliary windshield is nested in the recess and a deployed position in which the auxiliary windshield is located at least partially out of the recess, and
a pivot assembly that pivotably couples the auxiliary windshield to the cover along a pivot axis,
wherein the pivot assembly includes an actuator and a pivot bracket that is fixedly coupled to the auxiliary windshield, and wherein the actuator pivots the pivot bracket and auxiliary windshield about the pivot axis.