US 12,110,079 B2
Multi-level aft-facing seating for a boat
David F. Ekern, Knoxville, TN (US); Daniel P. Vieira, Madisonville, TN (US); Michael J. Uggeri, Knoxville, TN (US); and Michael D. Myers, Knoxville, TN (US)
Assigned to MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC, Vonore, TN (US)
Filed by MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC, Vonore, TN (US)
Filed on Jun. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/328,870.
Application 18/328,870 is a continuation of application No. 17/675,079, filed on Feb. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,697,476.
Application 17/675,079 is a continuation of application No. 16/667,248, filed on Oct. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,267,538, issued on Mar. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/751,834, filed on Oct. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0312059 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B63B 29/04 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 29/04 (2013.01) [B63B 2029/043 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A boat comprising:
a cockpit seating area including at least one seat and a control console for operating the boat; and
a stern seating area located in the aft third of the boat and aft of the cockpit seating area, the stern seating area including:
(a) a deck;
(b) a first aft-facing seat having a first seating surface;
(c) a second aft-facing seat located on the deck and having a second seating surface, the second seating surface being (i) forward of the first seating surface and (i) at a level higher than the first seating surface; and
(d) a third aft-facing seat located on the deck and having a third seating surface, the third seating surface being (i) forward of the second seating surface and (ii) at a level higher than the second seating surface.