Patent ID: 9139258
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A retractable shade system for manual deployment upon a boat, comprising: a canvas material; a longitudinal roller member for storing a length of said canvas material under tension; a pair of tubular assemblies each comprising a plurality of tubular members, each tubular member having a respective chamber therein extending between a forward and a rearward end thereof and being further fitted together and assembled for telescopic movement between a fully retracted and a fully extended configuration, said tubular assemblies being aligned in parallel and disposed on opposite sides of said longitudinal roller member in operative connection with said canvas material; and releasable locking means operatively connected and fitted within each of said tubular assemblies for providing a staged telescopic movement of the respective tubular members so that said tubular assemblies are selectively locked and unlocked in a succession of predetermined stages between the fully extended and fully retracted configurations, said releasable locking means comprising a first lever member releasably engaged within the chamber of each of said tubular members at a forward end thereof and adapted to move rearward within the chamber; a shaft operatively connected at one end thereof to said first lever member and adapted to extend to an opposite end thereof rearward through the chamber of each tubular member; a second lever member attached to the opposite end of the shaft and formed having an extended post with an angled, wedge-like surface projecting rearward therefrom; and end cap means secured within the chamber at the rearward end of each tubular member and adapted to engage the extended post of said second lever member for releasing the telescopic movement of each of said tubular members as the extended post is engaged.