Patent ID: 8240269
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A cabin enclosure for a boat, the cabin enclosure comprising: a frame circumscribing and covering a passenger area of the boat, the frame having a plurality of window openings and defining a header; a top attached on the frame and extending beyond the header to allow water to cascade down the top and back into the water; a plurality of transparent sheets, one of the plurality of transparent sheets disposable within one of the plurality of window openings, each transparent sheet defining two vertical edge portions; a pair of zippers, one of the pair of zippers disposed adjacent to one of the two vertical edge portions, the other one of the pair of zippers disposed adjacent to the other one of two vertical edge portions; inner and outer layers with the one of the plurality of transparent sheets and the one of the pair of zippers interposed between the inner and outer layers; threads pierced through the plurality of inner and outer layers, the one of the pair of zippers and the one of the plurality of transparent sheets; a water guard attachable to the boat and a flashing attachable to the water guard wherein bottom ends of the inner and outer layers extend outboard of the water guard to allow water to cascade down an exterior side of the one of the transparent sheets and onto an exterior of the boat.