Boat cover system including flexible portions
a flexible portion and boat cover technology, applied in the field of boat covers and enclosures, can solve the problems of increasing the difficulty of boat owners matching the male and female portions of the snap fasteners to one another, adding to etc., and achieves the effect of reducing or eliminating the difficulty of boat attachment, reducing the return of investment, and saving labor tim
Inactive Publication Date: 2008-05-01
N A TAYLOR CO INC
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[0013] The cover system in accordance with the present invention allows flexibility in covering boats. In addition, the cover system advantageously allows for easy installation and removal of the canvas cover from the boat.
[0021] The present invention also reduces or eliminates the need for creating custom canvas covers, since the covers have greater adaptability for boats within a manufacturing line.
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Such boat covers are typically formed from a canvas material and are notoriously difficult to attach to the boat, as canvas is not a particularly flexible material and the material must be taut in order to shed water and conform to the contours of the boat body to provide a desired smooth appearance.
Due to the relative inflexibility of canvas materials, it is not uncommon for a boat owner to have difficult matching the male and female portions of the snap fasteners to one another without mismatching at least one of the plurality of fasteners to one another.
This may lead to some frustration as the boat cover may need to be partially removed in order for the snaps to be realigned and attached to one another.
The inclusion of a window in the cover adds to these problems.
When a window is included in the cover, problems with installation of the cover are exacerbated.
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[0027] Referring now FIG. 1, a first embodiment of a boat canvas or cover system in accordance with the present invention is indicated generally at 10. The cover system 10 is adapted to be attached to an upper portion of a vehicle, such as a boat (not shown) to releasably enclose an opening on the boat such as, but not limited to, a cockpit.
[0028] The cover system 10 includes a body portion 12 formed from any suitable cover material including, but not limited to, canvas, tarpaulin, vinyl or the like. The cover material is contemplated to be water resistant or waterproof. The body portion 12 may include portions of which are clear and portions of which are opaque. Alternatively, the entire body portion 12 may be clear or opaque, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art.
[0029] Suitable fasteners 14 may be disposed on a peripheral edge of the body portion 12 in order to attach the cover system 10 to the hull or body (not shown) of the boat, such as by engaging with correspo...
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A cover system for enclosing an opening on a boat is disclosed. The cover system includes at least one body portion. A plurality of fasteners are attached to the at least one body portion for attaching the cover system to the boat. At least one flexible portion is attached to the body portion. The flexible portion is operable to stretch when the fasteners are attached to the boat to enclose the opening.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) [0001] This application is a Non-Provisional Application that relies for priority on Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 855,229, filed on Oct. 30, 2006, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates generally to boat covers and enclosures. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] Boat covers are utilized to prevent the intrusion of water into the interior of a boat and are well known. Such boat covers are typically formed from a canvas material and are notoriously difficult to attach to the boat, as canvas is not a particularly flexible material and the material must be taut in order to shed water and conform to the contours of the boat body to provide a desired smooth appearance. [0006] In the prior art, it is common for a boat to include a plurality of male portions of snap fasteners at the periphery of the area to be cove...
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CPCB63B17/02
Inventor BEVERLY, JUSTIN D.
Owner N A TAYLOR CO INC