Hull protector for small craft

Claim 1

A PROTECTOR FOR MOUNTING ON THE EXTERIOR FORWARD UNDERSURFACE OF THE BOW PORTION OF A SMALL WATER CRAFT, INCLUDING A KEEL AND HAVING FORWARDLY AND INWARDLY CURVED SIDES FORMING A BOW PORTION, SAID PROTECTOR COMPRISING A GENERALLY PEAR-SHAPED SHEET OF PLASTIC-LIKE MATERIAL ADAPTED TO EXTEND REARWARDLY FROM THE BOAT BOW APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD THE LENGTH OF THE BOAT, SAID MATERIAL HAVING A CENTRAL LONGITUDINAL THICKENED PORTION ADAPTED TO UNDERLIE A PORTION OF THE KEEL WITH THE MATERIAL EXTENDING THEREFROM IN EVERY DIRECTION OF A REDUCED GRADUATED THICKNESS TERMINATING IN A FEATHERED EDGE, AND MEANS ADAPTED FOR SECURING SAID PROTECTOR IN INTIMATE CONTACT WITH THE UNDER SURFACE OF THE FORWARD BOW PORTION OF THE CRAFT IN A MANNER TO FORM A SHIELD BETWEEN THE FORWARD UNDERSURFACE OF THE CRAFT AND AN OBJECT COMING INTO CONTACT THEREWITH.