Multi-level aft-facing seating for a boat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020130786-A1
Application number	US-201916667248-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 29, 2019
Priority date	Oct 29, 2018
Publication date	Apr 30, 2020
Grant date	—

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 first aft-facing seat having a first seating surface; a second aft-facing seat 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 a third aft-facing seat 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 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.

3 . The boat of claim 2 , further comprising a hull including a transom, the generally horizontal platform being attached to the transom.

4 . The boat of claim 1 , wherein each of the first aft-facing seat, the second aft-facing seat, and the third aft-facing seat is located in the aft third of the boat.

5 . A boat comprising:
a first aft-facing seat having a first seating surface; and a second aft-facing seat having a second seating surface, the second seating surface (i) being forward of the first seating surface and (ii) moveable between a retracted position and at least one raised position.

6 . The boat of claim 5 , wherein the height of the second seating surface in the retracted position is substantially the same height as the first seating surface.

7 . The boat of claim 5 , wherein the height of the second seating surface in the retracted position is at a level higher than first seating surface.

8 . The boat of claim 5 , wherein the second seating surface is moveable to a plurality of raised positions, the level of the second seating surface, in each raised position, being higher than the level of the first seating surface.

9 . The boat of claim 5 , wherein the second aft-facing seat includes a seat bottom having the second seating surface and the second aft-facing seat does not include a seatback.

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

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

12 . The boat of claim 5 , wherein the second aft-facing seat is configured to support a plurality of persons seated on the second seating surface side-by-side.

13 . The boat of claim 5 , further comprising a plurality of the second aft-facing seats, each of the second seating surfaces of the plurality of the second aft-facing seats being individually moveable between a retracted position and at least one raised position.

14 . The boat of claim 5 , 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 at a level lower than the first seating surface.

15 . A boat comprising:
a first aft-facing seat including an aft member having an upper surface and a forward member having an upper surface, the upper surface of the aft member being a first seating surface, the forward member being moveable between a first position and a second position, wherein, in the first position, the upper surface of the forward member forms a substantially flat surface with the upper surface of the aft member and, in the second position, the upper surface of the forward member is inclined upward relative to the upper surface of the aft member such that it forms a seatback for the first aft-facing seat; and a second aft-facing seat having a second seating surface, the second seating surface being forward of the first seating surface and at a level higher than the first seating surface.

16 . The boat of claim 15 , further comprising a deck including a foot surface, the foot surface being a portion of the deck underneath the forward member of the first aft-facing seat when the forward member is in the first position,
wherein, when the forward member of the first aft-facing seat is in the second position, the foot surface is exposed, and wherein the second aft-facing seat is positioned relative to the first aft-facing such that, when the forward member of the first aft-facing seat is in the second position and the second aft-facing seat is occupied by a person, the foot surface is configured for the feet of the person occupying the second-aft facing to be placed thereon.

17 . The boat of claim 15 , wherein the first aft-facing seat further includes a seatback positioned forward of the forward member and inclined upward relative to the upper surface of the aft member in the first position.

18 . The boat of claim 17 , wherein the second aft-facing seat includes a seat bottom having the second seating surface, and the seatback of the first aft-facing seat is underneath the seat bottom of the second aft-facing seat.

19 . The boat of claim 15 , further comprising a plurality of the second aft-facing seats, each of the second seating surfaces of the plurality of the second aft-facing seats being forward of the first seating surface and at a level higher than the first seating surface.

20 . The boat of claim 15 , 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 at a level lower than the first seating surface.

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

• B63B29/04 Primary

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

• B63B2029/022

  Bathing platforms · CPC title