Patent ID: 9340258
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B63B

Claim Text:
1. A deployable bar for a pontoon boat comprising: a. at least two rigid bands each band having at a first end a short flat piece that connects to an extended curved portion that has a radius of curvature of a boat floatation pontoon and length equivalent to approximately half the diameter of the boat floatation pontoon; b. flexible bands attached to a second end of each of said rigid bands, said flexible bands have a length that when added to the length of said curved portion of said rigid band is less than the diameter of the pontoon but of a sufficient length that when said flat short first ends of said at least two bands are attached to a support strut that connects a pontoon boat body to the floatation pontoon on the side of the boat a second end of said flexible bands attaches to an opposite side of the support strut to securely hold said rigid band against the pontoon; c. said at least two rigid bands have hingedly connected to them a first end of a support frame, said support frame having at least one seat at a second end such that when said rigid bands and flexible bands are secured around the pontoon to the support strut connected to the pontoon, said support frame can be moved between an open position wherein when the pontoon boat is in the water a person can sit on said at least one seat partially submerged in the water next to the pontoon boat and said support frame can be moved to a stowed position wherein said at least one seat is positioned out of the water adjacent to a side of the boat; and d. a bar top hingedly attached to said rigid bands such that it can be moved from an open position where someone sitting in said at least one seat when said support frame is in an open position can place an item on the bar top to a stowed position where it is up out of the water next to the side of the boat.