Guard rails and canopy supports for boats

Claim 1

A COMBINATION GUARD-RAIL AND CANOPY-SUPPORT STRUCTURE EASILY MOUNTABLE ON A BOAT AND EASILY CONVERTIBLY ADJUSTABLE BETWEEN SELECTED OPTIONAL POSITIONS COMPRISING, PAIRED SIDEWARDLY SPACED FRONT BRACKETS, MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID BRACKETS ON A BOAT SUPER-STRUCTURE SUCH AS A WINDSHIELD, PAIRED SIDEWARDLY SPACED DECK SOCKETS MOUNTABLE ON THE DECK OF A BOAT REARWARDLY OF SAID BRACKETS; SAID DECK SOCKETS LEADING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH THE DECK OF A BOAT ON WHICH SAID DECK SOCKETS ARE MOUNTED; PAIRED SPACED SIDE RAILS HAVING A FIRST UPSTANDING PORTION SLIDABLY DISPOSED IN SAID DECK SOCKETS AND A SECOND FORWARDLY EXTENDING PORTION LYING AT AN ANGLE TO SAID FIRST PORTION; SAID SIDE RAILS IN THEIR UP POSITION LEADING TO A POINT ADJACENT SAID BRACKETS; RELEASABLE LOCK MEANS ON SAID DECK SOCKETS SECURING SAID FIRST PORTIONS OF SAID SIDE RAILS IN THE UP POSITION AND IN THE DOWN POSITION; AND BRACKETS AND SAID SIDE RAIL SECOND PORTIONS HAVING MATING ENDS; PAIRED SLEEVES SURROUNDING SAID SECOND PORTIONS OF SAID SIDE RAILS ADJACENT SAID FIRST PORTIONS OF SAID SIDE RAILS AND ADAPTED TO BE SELECTIVELY SLIDABLE ALONG SAID SECOND PORTIONS OF SAID SIDE RAILS TO A POSITION SURROUNDING SAID BRACKETS; RELEASABLE LOCK MEANS ON SAID SLEEVES FOR SECURING SAID SLEEVES RELATIVE TO SAID SIDE RAILS AND ADAPTED TO SECURE SAID SLEEVES TO SAID BRACKETS WHEN SAID SLEEVES ARE LOCATED ON SAID BRACKETS; A BOW LYING BETWEEN SAID SLEEVES SPANNING THE DISTANCE THEREBETWEEEN PROVIDING A CROSS SUPPORT USEABLE AS GUARD RAIL AND CANOPY SUPORT AS DESIRED; SAID SLEEVES WHEN SAID LOCK MEANS THEREON IS RELEASED BEING SLIDABLE ON SAID BRACKETS AND SAID SECOND PORTIONS OF SAID SIDE RAILS BETWEEN POINTS ADJACENT SAID BRACKETS AND SAID FIRST BETWEEN POINTS OF SAID SIDE RAILS; SAID LOCING MEANS ON SAID SLEEVES SECURING SAID SLEEVES AND SAID BOW ON SAID SECOND PORTIONS OF SAID SIDE RAILS IN THE ADJUSTED POSITION REARWARDLY OF SAID BRACKETS PROVIDING A CROSS SUPPORT ADAPTABLE AS A CROSS GUARD RAIL SPACED FROM SAID BRACKETS AND A CANOPY SUPORT AS DESIRED; SAID SIDE RAILS IN SAID UP POSITION PROVIDING ELEVATED SUPPORTS USEABLE AS SIDE GUARD RAILS AND CANOPY SUPPORTS AS DESIRED; SAID SIDE RAILS BEING MOVABLE FROM AID UP POSITION TO SAID DOWN POSITION BY SEPARATING SAID MATING ENDS OF SAIDSIDE RAIL SECOND PORTIONS AND SAID BRACKETS AND RELEASING SAID LOCK MEANS ON SAID DECK SOCKETS AND SLIDING SAID SIDE RAIL FIRST PORTIONS DOWNWARDLY IN SAID DECK SOCKETS; AND PAIRED SUPPORT MEANS MOUNTABLE ON A BOAT FOR SUPPORTING SAID SIDE RAIL SECOND PORTIONS IN SAID DOWN POSITIONS; SAID SLEEVES AND BOW BEING POSITIONABLE ON SAID BRACKETS AND ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED ON SAID SIDE RAIL SECOND PORTIONS IN SAID DOWN POSITION; SAID SLEEVES AND BOW BEING OPTIONALLY POSITIONALE ON SAID BRACKETS AND ON SAID SIDE RAIL SECOND PORTIONS IN SAID DOWN POSITION TO PROVIDE A GUARD RAIL AND CANOPY SUPORT AS DESIRED.