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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Pierre Rondeau, St-Denis-de-Brompton, CA;
Claude Gagnon, Magog, CA;
Sam Spade, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Joey Larouche, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, CA;
Vincent Tognon, Drummondville, CA;
Daniel Mercier, Magog, CA;
Pierre Rondeau, St-Denis-de-Brompton, CA;
Claude Gagnon, Magog, CA;
Sam Spade, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Joey Larouche, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, CA;
Vincent Tognon, Drummondville, CA;
Daniel Mercier, Magog, CA;
BRP US Inc., Sturtevant, WI (US);
Abstract
A boat coverable by a flexible cover has a hull, a deck, and a tower movably connected to the deck. The tower has a central structure. The tower is movable between a first position and a second position. The deck is coverable by the flexible cover when the tower is in the second position such that the flexible cover is associated with at least a portion of the central structure. The portion of the central structure is movable to a third position vertically intermediate positions of the central structure in the first and second positions of the tower to tension the cover. A boat having a flexible cover connected to the central structure of the tower and a method of a method of installing a flexible cover on a boat are also disclosed.