Patent ID: 6666163
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A boat top assembly for a boat having a deck surface and a forward section, said assembly comprising:a first forward leg adapted for connection to the boat, said first forward leg including a top and a first forward pivot structure that permits said leg to pivot forward about said first forward pivot structure; a first rearward leg adapted for connection to the boat, said first rearward leg including a top and a first rearward pivot structure that permits said first rearward leg to pivot forward about said first rearward pivot structure; a top frame connected to the top of said first forward leg and the top of said first rearward leg, said top frame including a rear member; wherein the coordinated pivoting forward of said first forward leg and said first rearward leg lowers said top frame in a forward direction toward the forward section of the boat and wherein said top frame is substantially unaltered when said top frame is in a fully lowered position; and wherein, when said top frame is in the fully lowered position, said rear member of said top frame is positioned more forward in the forward section of the boat than said first forward pivot structure.