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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Darris E. Allison, Louisville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 3/00 ;
Abstract
An aluminum hull boat includes a running pad formed through an extrusion process. The running pad includes a lower planing element at least a portion of which is in contact with the water when the boat is at planing speed, and opposed sidewalls which attach the running pad to the boat's undersurface. The extrusion process efficiently produces a running pad that is highly rigid and uniform with relatively sharp outer edges that allow water migrating from beneath the running pad to break cleanly off and away from the running pad, thereby eliminating hydrodynamic drag and improving the boat's performance characteristics.