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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2007
Applicant:
Gregory Paul Beamer, Mankato, MN (US);
Inventor:
Gregory Paul Beamer, Mankato, MN (US);
Assignee:
Johnson Outdoors Inc., Mankato, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 1/22 (2006.01); B63B 39/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A trim tab for mounting the transom of a boat has an upper surface and an undulating bottom surface with down-turned flaps on opposite sides of the tab. The trim tab is formed of a molded composite material. The top surface includes a hinge platform at its forward end and mount platform at a rearward end. The trim tab tapers from a minimum thickness at its leading end to a maximum thickness at its trailing end. The shape of the bottom surface and the down-turned flaps provide a bottom surface area with enhanced lift characteristics.