Patent ID: 7784420
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A cover system for a boat, the cover system comprising: a flexible cover; a front support configured to be rotatable coupled to the boat, the front support for supporting a front part of the flexible cover; a rear support configured to be rotatable coupled to the boat, the rear support for supporting a rear part of the flexible cover; the front support and the rear support each configured to be rotated to a lowered covering position, wherein in the lowered covering position, the front support and the rear support provide a tension to at least a portion of the flexible cover that extends therebetween, and the tensioned flexible cover is configured to provide a mooring cover to at least part of a protected area of the boat; the front support and/or the rear support is/are configured to be rotated toward the other to a retracted position, wherein in the retracted position, the front support and the rear support release the tension in at least a portion of the flexible cover that extends therebetween; and wherein the front support and the rear support are each configured to be rotated to a raised covering position, wherein in the raised covering position, the front support and the rear support collectively suspend the flexible cover above the boat sufficiently far so that occupants of the boat can move about thereunder, and wherein in the raised covering position, the front support and the rear support provide a tension to at least a portion of the flexible cover that extends therebetween.