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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Skier's Choice, Inc., Maryville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Richard Lawrence Hartman, Twin Lakes, ID (US);
Matthew Douglas Brown, Maryville, TN (US);
Travis Lane Turley, Maryville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Skier's Choice, Inc., Maryville, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 9/06 (2006.01); B63B 39/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 39/061 (2013.01); B63B 9/06 (2013.01); B63B 2039/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wakeboat has a hull, the hull forming a wake when moving forward in the water, with a port disturbance and a starboard disturbance in the wake. A trim tab is supported by the hull at the stern of the hull. The trim tab comprises a primary subtab and a secondary subtab. One or more actuators may be optionally included to reposition the trim tab more into, or more out of, the water. Other systems and methods are also provided.