Patent ID: 8656852
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
1. A hide away helm for a watercraft that is positionable between a use position in which the hide away helm extends up from the deck and a non-use position in which the hide away helm retracts into a deck cavity and becomes flush with the deck, the hide away helm comprising: a mounting member having a proximal end and one or more distal ends, a first support member having a proximal end, a distal end, a first surface, and a second surface, an optional biasing member having a proximal end and a distal end, a steering device operatively coupled to the first surface of the first support member; one or more second support members each having a proximal and a distal end, wherein the second side of the deck member becomes flush with the deck when the hide away helm is in the non-use position.