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Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2017
Applicants:

Mastercraft Boat Company, Llc, Vonore, TN (US);

Gere Marie Corporation, Lake Zurich, IL (US);

Inventors:

Ryan D. Lake, Madisonville, TN (US);

Darren S. Sheedy, Greenback, TN (US);

James G. Schultz, Lake Zurich, IL (US);

Assignees:

MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC, Vonore, TN (US);

Gere Marie Corporation, Lake Zurich, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 17/00 (2006.01); B63B 21/04 (2006.01); B63B 21/56 (2006.01); B63B 35/81 (2006.01); B63B 17/02 (2006.01); B63B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 35/816 (2013.01); B63B 17/02 (2013.01); B63B 15/00 (2013.01); B63B 17/00 (2013.01); B63B 35/815 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for towing a water sports performer including a first leg, a second leg, a header, and a tow-line-attachment structure. Each of the first leg and second leg is adapted for attachment to one of the port side of a centerline of a boat or the starboard side of a centerline of a boat. The header is capable of assuming a plurality of different header lengths, and includes a first header portion, a second header portion, a housing, and a locking mechanism. The housing connects the first header portion and the second header portion. The housing includes a first receiver configured to receive a second end of the first header portion at a plurality of different positions. The locking mechanism is configured to secure the second end of the first header portion to the housing in one of the plurality of different positions to set the header length.


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