Patent ID: 7219617
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. In combination, a sports boat having first and second spaced-apart gunwales, each having upper and lower surfaces, a bow portion and a stem portion, a wake tower, said wake tower comprising: (a) an upwardly extending first base connector connected to the first gunwale of the sports boat; (b) an upwardly extending second base connector connected to said second gunwale of the sports boat; (c) a generally U-shaped, upwardly extending structural assembly pivotally connected to said first and second base connectors for movement between a first upright position and a second lowered position; and (d) counter-balancing means mounted on the lower surface of a selected one of said first and second gunwales for yieldably resisting movement of said generally U-shaped, upwardly extending structural assembly toward said second lowered position and for assisting in the movement of said generally U-shaped, upwardly extending structural assembly toward said first upright position.