Transom mounted ski rack and tow rope reel support

Claim 2

A support rack for water skis and the like to be stored exteriorly of the cockpit of a boat, said rack comprising a pair of uprights having upper and lower end portions and including mounting means on their lower end portions for support of said uprights in a stationary manner from opposite side portions of the rear of a boat hull, the upper end portions of said uprights including vertically spaced pairs of horizontally aligned forwardly projecting shelves, each of said shelves including releasable clamp means for clampingly engaging the corresponding end portion of a water ski supported therefrom and having its other end supported from the corresponding shelf of the other upright, said mounting means includes a plurality of elongated front to rear extending mounting studs adjustably secured through said lower end portions and including forward ends adapted to be secured through the transom of a boat.

Claim 3

The combination of claim 1 wherein said upper end portions include upper terminal end portions, a pair of rearwardly projecting and upwardly opening hooks supported from the upper terminal end portions of said uprights adapted to removably support opposite end portions of a horizontally disposed boarding ladder extending between said uprights therefrom.

Claim 4

A support rack for water skis to be stored to the rear of the cockpit of a boat, said rack comprising a pair of laterally spaced uprights including front and rear sides and corresponding upper and lower end portions, said upper end portions being forwardly displaced relative to said lower end portions and said uprights including front to rear extending generally horizontal intermediate portions extending between and having their front and rear ends secured to the lower and upper extremities of the corresponding upper and lower end portions, respectively, said lower end portions including mounting means spaced therealong for mounting said lower end portions from opposite side portions of the transom of a boat with said lower end portions being disposed to the rear of the transom and under portions of said intermediate portions overlying and abutting adjacent upper surface portions of the deck of the boat spaced forwardly of the transom, the upper end portions of said uprights including vertically spaced pairs of horizontally aligned forwardly projecting shelves, each of said shelves including releasable clamp means for clampingly engaging the corresponding end portion of a water ski supported therefrom and having its other end supported from the corresponding shelf of the other upright.

Claim 5

A support rack for water skis to be stored to the rear of the cockpit of a boat, said rack comprising a pair of laterally spaced uprights including front and rear sides and corresponding upper and lower end portions, said upper end portions being forwardly displaced relative to said lower end portions and said uprights including front to rear extending generally horizontal intermediate portions extending between and having their front and rear ends secured to the lower and upper extremities of the corresponding upper and lower end portions, respectively, said lower end portions including mounting means spaced therealong for mounting said lower end portions from opposite side portions of the transom of a boat with said lower end portions being disposed to the rear of the transom and under portions of said intermediate portions overlying and abutting adjacent upper surface portions of the deck of the boat spaced forwardly of the transom, the upper end portions of said uprights including vertically spaced pairs of horizontally aligned forwardly projecting shelves, each of said shelves including releasable clamp means for clampingly engaging the corresponding end portion of a water ski supported therefrom and having its other end supported from the corresponding shelf of the other upright.

Claim 6

The combination of claim 3 wherein said upper end portions include lower extremities formed integrally with said forward ends of said intermediate portions and upper portions from which said shelves are removably supported from said lower extremities.

Claim 7

The combination of claim 3 wherein said lower end portions include upper extremities formed integralLy with said rear ends of said intermediate portions and lower portions including said mounting means from which said upper extremities are removably supported.

Claim 8

The combination of claim 3 wherein said uprights include forwardly extending intermediate portions from whose forward ends the lower portions of said upper end portions are supported and whose rear ends are supported from the upper ends of said lower end portions.

Claim 9

The combination of claim 6 wherein said upper end portions include lower extremities formed integrally with said forward ends of said intermediate portions and upper portions from which said shelves are removably supported from said lower extremities.

Claim 10

The combination of claim 6 wherein said lower end portions include upper extremities formed integrally with said rear ends of said intermediate portions and lower portions including said mounting means from which said upper extremities are removably supported.

Claim 11

The combination of claim 3 wherein said mounting means includes a plurality of elongated front to rear extending mounting studs adjustably secured through said lower end portions and including forward ends adapted to be secured through the transom of the boat.