Patent ID: 7347159

Claim:
A cover support for use in connection with a boat having a sole, a boat cover, and a generally vertical strut extending from a lower end adjacent the sole to an upper end adjacent the cover, the cover support comprising a disc member having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a periphery, the upper surface being adapted to bear against the cover, the disc member having a socket extending downward from the lower surface, the socket being adapted to receive the strut upper end, the disc member having a plurality of recesses, each recess having a wall extending downward from a proximal end at the disc member lower surface to a distal end so as to reinforce the disc member, the recess wall being coextensive with the socket, each recess wall being juxtaposed adjacent the socket so as to reinforce the socket, each recess having a floor at the wall distal end, the floor having a hole therethrough, each recess having an interior cavity, the interior cavity being open through the disc member upper surface and open through the hole.