US 12,077,255 B2
Watercraft with pedal-drive mechanism
Brent R. Steed, Syracuse, UT (US); and Edward G. Van Nimwegen, North Ogden, UT (US)
Assigned to LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC., Clearfield, UT (US)
Filed by Lifetime Products, Inc., Clearfield, UT (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/048,488.
Application 18/048,488 is a continuation of application No. 17/152,346, filed on Jan. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,518,481.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/964,509, filed on Jan. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0103317 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B63B 34/10 (2020.01); B63B 5/24 (2006.01); B63B 34/21 (2020.01); B63H 1/14 (2006.01); B63H 16/20 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 34/10 (2020.02) [B63B 5/24 (2013.01); B63B 34/21 (2020.02); B63H 1/14 (2013.01); B63H 16/20 (2013.01); B63H 2016/202 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A watercraft comprising:
a hull that defines a well extending through a bottom of the hull;
a pedal-drive mechanism connected to the hull, and the pedal-drive mechanism is movable, while connected to the hull, out of the well from a deployed position to a stowed position; and
a mechanism configured to slide fore and aft between a first position and a second position, and when the mechanism is in the second position and the pedal-drive mechanism is in the deployed position, the mechanism covers a portion of the well.