Multi-level aft-facing seating for a boat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12110079-B2
Application number	US-202318328870-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 5, 2023
Priority date	Oct 29, 2018
Publication date	Oct 8, 2024
Grant date	Oct 8, 2024

Abstract

A boat including first and second aft-facing seats. The first aft-facing seat has a first seating surface. The second aft-facing seat has a second seating surface. The second seating surface is forward of the first seating surface. The second seating surface may be at a level higher than the first seating surface. The second seating surface may be moveable between a retracted position and at least one raised position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A boat comprising:
a cockpit seating area including at least one seat and a control console for operating the boat; and
a stern seating area located in the aft third of the boat and aft of the cockpit seating area, the stern seating area including:
(a) a deck;
(b) a first aft-facing seat having a first seating surface;
(c) a second aft-facing seat located on the deck and having a second seating surface, the second seating surface being (i) forward of the first seating surface and (i) at a level higher than the first seating surface; and
(d) a third aft-facing seat located on the deck and having a third seating surface, the third seating surface being (i) forward of the second seating surface and (ii) at a level higher than the second seating surface.

2. The boat of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of the third aft-facing seats, each of the third seating surfaces of the plurality of the third aft-facing seats being individually movable between a retracted position and at least one raised position.

3. The boat of claim 1 , wherein the third aft-facing seat does not include a seatback.

4. The boat of claim 1 , wherein the second aft-facing seat has a width that spans a majority of the beam of the boat.

5. The boat of claim 1 , wherein the third aft-facing seat has a width that spans a majority of the beam of the boat.

6. The boat of claim 5 , wherein the third aft-facing seat is a bench seat.

7. The boat of claim 1 , further comprising a generally horizontal platform extending aft from the boat and having a top surface, the top surface of the generally horizontal platform being the first seating surface.

8. The boat of claim 7 , further comprising a hull including a transom, the generally horizontal platform being attached to the transom.

9. The boat of claim 1 , wherein the third seating surface is movable between a retracted position and at least one raised position, and the third seating surface is at a level higher than the second seating surface in the at least one raised position.

10. The boat of claim 9 , wherein the height of the third seating surface in the retracted position is substantially the same as the height of the second seating surface.

11. The boat of claim 9 , wherein the height of the third seating surface in the retracted position is at a level higher than the second seating surface.

12. The boat of claim 9 , wherein the third seating surface is movable to a plurality of raised positions, and the level of the third seating surface in each raised position is higher than the level of the second seating surface.

13. A boat comprising:
a primary seating area including at least one seat and a control console for operating the boat; and
a secondary seating area located fore or aft of the primary seating area, the secondary seating area including:
a deck; and
a plurality of pedestal seats, including at least three pedestal seats, located on the deck and arrayed in a direction transverse to a longitudinal centerline of the boat, each of the pedestal seats including a pedestal supporting a seat bottom having a seating surface.

14. The boat of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of pedestal seats is aligned in the direction transverse to the longitudinal centerline of the boat.

15. The boat of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of pedestal seats is supported by a seat support structure, and the seat support structure is oriented in the direction transverse to the longitudinal centerline of the boat and supports a backrest of at least one other seat.

16. The boat of claim 13 , wherein each pedestal seat of the plurality of the pedestal seats does not include a seatback.

17. The boat of claim 13 , wherein each seating surface of the plurality of the pedestal seats is movable between a retracted position and at least one raised position.

18. The boat of claim 17 , wherein each seating surface of the plurality of the pedestal seats is independently movable between a retracted position and at least one raised position.

19. The boat of claim 13 , wherein the secondary seating area is a stern seating area located in the aft third of the boat and aft of the primary seating area.

20. The boat of claim 19 , wherein the stern seating area further includes an aft-facing seat located on the deck and aft of the plurality of pedestal seats.

21. The boat of claim 13 , further comprising a passageway positioned outboard of the array of the plurality of pedestal seats on one of the port side of the array or the starboard side of the array.

22. The boat of claim 21 , further comprising a reboarding platform aft of the primary seating area, the passageway providing a path from the primary seating area to the reboarding platform.

Assignees

• Mastercraft Boat Co Llc

Inventors

• Ekern David F
• Vieira Daniel P
• Uggeri Michael J
• Myers Michael D

Classifications

• B63B2029/043

  Seats; Arrangements thereof on vessels · CPC title

• B63B2029/022

  Bathing platforms · CPC title

• B63B29/04 Primary

  Furniture peculiar to vessels (floatable furniture B63C9/30) · CPC title