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US3385458A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Boat storage rack

Assignee: JOSEPH N GRESHAM
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Filing: 1966-11-28
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Granted: 1968-05-28
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Expires: 1986-11-28
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Joseph N Gresham

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 13:31
CPC Classifications
B; B63; B63C; B63C15/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 309 words
A BOAT STORAGE RACK COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF LOWER LEG PORTIONS MOUNTED UPRIGHT AND IN SUBSTANTIAL ALIGNMENT ON A STORAGE FLOOR TO DEFINE AN UPRIGHT PLANE AND SPACED APART TO RECEIVE A BOAT OF SELECTED SIZE MOUNTED ON A TRAILER OF SELECTED WIDTH BETWEEN ADJACENT ONES THEREOF, A GENERALLY OBLONG FRAME PORTION OF SIZE TO RECEIVE A BOAT OF A SELECTED MAXIMUM SIZE THERETHROUGH MOUNTED UPRIGHT ON EACH LOWER LEG PORTION IN THE PLANE DEFINED BY THE LOWER LEG PORTIONS, THE BOTTOM OF EACH OBLONG FRAME PORTION BEING CENTERED ON ITS RESPECTIVE LOWER LEG PORTION, ADJACENT OBLONG FRAME PORTIONS BEING LATERALLY CLOSELY ADJACENT EACH OTHER AND FIRMLY INTERCONNECTED, THE UPPER END OF EACH OBLONG FRAME PORTION HAVING A GAP THEREIN FOR FREE PASSAGE OF A DEPENDING BOAT HOISTING MEMBER THERETHROUGH, A PAIR OF ELONGATED, PARALLEL, HORIZONTAL LOWER BOAT SUPPORT MEMBERS MOUNTED AT ONE END THEREOF ON THE BOTTOM OF EACH OBLONG FRAME PORTION AND EXTENDING THEREFROM IN A COMMON DIRECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID PLANE, EACH PAIR OF LOWER BOAT SUPPORT MEMBERS BEING SPACED APART ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CENTER OF THEIR RESPECTIVE FRAME BOTTOM BY A DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT A BOAT HAVING ITS HULL RESTING IN LONGITUDINALLY CENTERED RELATION ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS, A GENERALLY SIMILAR PAIR OF UPPER BOAT SUPPORT MEMBERS MOUNTED SIMILARLY TO THE LOWER BOAT SUPPORT MEMBERS BUT ON THE UPPER SIDE OF EACH OBLONG FRAME PORTION, ONE THEREOF BEING LOCATED ON EACH SIDE OF THE GAP IN THEIR ASSOCIATED OBLONG FRAME PORTION, THE UPPER SUPPORT MEMBERS BETWEEN THE GAPS IN ADJACENT FRAME PORTIONS BEING SPACED APART SUFFICIENTLY ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A VERTICAL LINE CENTERED BETWEEN ADJACENT OBLONG FRAME PORTIONS TO SUPPORT A BOAT HAVING ITS HULL RESTING IN LONGITUDINALLY CENTERED RELATION ON SAID UPPER SUPPORT MEMBERS, AND MEANS SUPPORTING THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE UPPER AND LOWER BOAT SUPPORT MEMBERS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 309 words
A BOAT STORAGE RACK COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF LOWER LEG PORTIONS MOUNTED UPRIGHT AND IN SUBSTANTIAL ALIGNMENT ON A STORAGE FLOOR TO DEFINE AN UPRIGHT PLANE AND SPACED APART TO RECEIVE A BOAT OF SELECTED SIZE MOUNTED ON A TRAILER OF SELECTED WIDTH BETWEEN ADJACENT ONES THEREOF, A GENERALLY OBLONG FRAME PORTION OF SIZE TO RECEIVE A BOAT OF A SELECTED MAXIMUM SIZE THERETHROUGH MOUNTED UPRIGHT ON EACH LOWER LEG PORTION IN THE PLANE DEFINED BY THE LOWER LEG PORTIONS, THE BOTTOM OF EACH OBLONG FRAME PORTION BEING CENTERED ON ITS RESPECTIVE LOWER LEG PORTION, ADJACENT OBLONG FRAME PORTIONS BEING LATERALLY CLOSELY ADJACENT EACH OTHER AND FIRMLY INTERCONNECTED, THE UPPER END OF EACH OBLONG FRAME PORTION HAVING A GAP THEREIN FOR FREE PASSAGE OF A DEPENDING BOAT HOISTING MEMBER THERETHROUGH, A PAIR OF ELONGATED, PARALLEL, HORIZONTAL LOWER BOAT SUPPORT MEMBERS MOUNTED AT ONE END THEREOF ON THE BOTTOM OF EACH OBLONG FRAME PORTION AND EXTENDING THEREFROM IN A COMMON DIRECTION AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID PLANE, EACH PAIR OF LOWER BOAT SUPPORT MEMBERS BEING SPACED APART ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CENTER OF THEIR RESPECTIVE FRAME BOTTOM BY A DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT A BOAT HAVING ITS HULL RESTING IN LONGITUDINALLY CENTERED RELATION ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS, A GENERALLY SIMILAR PAIR OF UPPER BOAT SUPPORT MEMBERS MOUNTED SIMILARLY TO THE LOWER BOAT SUPPORT MEMBERS BUT ON THE UPPER SIDE OF EACH OBLONG FRAME PORTION, ONE THEREOF BEING LOCATED ON EACH SIDE OF THE GAP IN THEIR ASSOCIATED OBLONG FRAME PORTION, THE UPPER SUPPORT MEMBERS BETWEEN THE GAPS IN ADJACENT FRAME PORTIONS BEING SPACED APART SUFFICIENTLY ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A VERTICAL LINE CENTERED BETWEEN ADJACENT OBLONG FRAME PORTIONS TO SUPPORT A BOAT HAVING ITS HULL RESTING IN LONGITUDINALLY CENTERED RELATION ON SAID UPPER SUPPORT MEMBERS, AND MEANS SUPPORTING THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE UPPER AND LOWER BOAT SUPPORT MEMBERS.

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