Patent ID: 6834609
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A combination bracket and rack for supporting articles on the outside of a boat hull, comprising;a pair of brackets with a first leg and a second leg connected by an integral top member, where the bracket extends over the inside and outside of the hull with the top member extending over the hull's gunwale; said first leg extends over the outside of the gunwale and presses against the outside of the hull; said second leg extends on the inside of the hull and has a screw threaded tightening means which extends through a threaded aperture in said second leg to press a hull contact pad on said screw threaded tightening means against the inside of the hull; and, a hinge means on said integral top member for pivotally connecting a rack to said brackets, where said rack is pivotal from the hull to the inside of the hull, said pair of brackets mounted on hulls having different heights from the waterline and having different hull angles, said first legs having a bend to wrap around the gunwales on the outside of the hull, said rack has an open receptacle shape constructed of top and bottom rails supported by vertical posta where said rack is covered with an open mesh material where said rack has an adjustment means to raise and lower the free end of said rack with a supporting means extending below said rack to support said adjustment means in a position to contact the hull.