Patent ID: 8281732

Claim:
A method for converting a boat tower from a half tower to a full tower comprising the following steps: providing a bottom half tower structure and an upper tower structure each structure comprising: platform for covering an area of the boat; one or more ladders for supporting said platform, said ladders having one or more mounts at their base; one or more legs for further supporting said platform; at least said platform of said bottom half tower structure further having one or more integral reinforcement plates for receiving and supporting said upper tower structure; at least said platform of said bottom half tower structure further having one or more passages for boat occupants to reach said platform, said passages including cut-out sections; wherein said passages are positioned adjacent to said ladders; setting said upper tower structure on top of the bottom tower structure; aligning said mounts of said ladders of the upper tower structure with the ladders of said bottom half tower structure over said cut-out sections in said platform of the bottom tower structure; aligning said legs of the upper tower structure with the legs of said bottom half tower structure; and securing said mounts of said ladders of the upper tower structure to the ladders of said bottom half tower structure and securing said legs of the upper tower structure to the legs of said bottom half tower structure.