Patent ID: 9260161
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: B63B

Claim Text:
1. A water-sports boat having a surf wake system for modifying a wake having eventually diverging port and starboard waves formed by the water-sports boat travelling through water to enhance the starboard wave to have a face substantially smoother than a face of the port wave or to enhance the port wave to have a face substantially smoother than a face of the starboard wave, the water-sports boat comprising: a hull having a transom; a rudder for steering the water-sports boat as the hull moves through water; at least one of ballast tanks, bags, or bladders; and a pair of flaps including a port flap and a starboard flap, each independently movable from a retracted position wherein a respective flap is substantially entirely retracted behind the transom such that no substantial portion of the respective flap extends past a port-side edge, a starboard-side edge, or a bottom edge of the transom to a deployed position in which portions of a respective flap move past the transom to deflect water traveling along the hull of the water-sports boat and past the transom; wherein the port flap, when in the deployed position while the starboard flap is in the retracted position, enhances the starboard wave by making the face of the starboard wave substantially smoother than the face of the port wave; wherein the starboard flap, when in the deployed position while the port flap is in the retracted position, enhances the port wave by making the face of the port wave substantially smoother than the face of the starboard wave; wherein the water-sports boat is configured to change from enhancing the starboard wave to enhancing the port wave when a surfer desires to change from surfing an enhanced starboard wave to surfing an enhanced port wave or to change from enhancing the port wave to enhancing the starboard wave when the surfer desires to change from surfing the enhance port wave to surfing the enhanced starboard wave, and wherein the water-sports boat is configured to change from enhancing the starboard wave to enhancing the port wave or to change from enhancing the port wave to enhancing the starboard wave while moving through water at a speed suitable for surfing.