Patent ID: 9233732
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: B63B

Claim Text:
1. An adjustable planing device for a pontoon boat, the pontoon boat having a midship region that spans between a front end and a rear end, the adjustable planing device comprising: a connector member having a transverse hinge configured to attach to the midship region of the pontoon boat; a buoyant planing device having a front end portion opposite a rear end portion, the buoyant planing device attached to the connector member at the midship region beneath the boat and being pivotable about the hinge such that at least a portion of the buoyant planning device comprises a subsurface volume below water level; the subsurface volume having an average density less than a one kilogram per liter density of water; a powered actuator connected to the boat and to the buoyant planing device, the actuator operable to move the buoyant planing device downwardly into the water; and, a track mountable to the bottom of the boat, wherein the planing device, the connector member, and the powered actuator are selectively movable together along the track forward and aft with respect to the boat.