US1519691A - Boat top - Google Patents

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Dec. 16, 1924. 1,519,691

M. MIZRAHI BOAT TOP Filed March 20, 1924 Patented Dec. 16, 1924.

QFFICE.

T1102 MIZRAHI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOAT TOP.

Application filed. March 20, 1924. Serial No. 700,458.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, M02 hiliznani. a citizen of Greece, residing at New York city. borough of hilanhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boat Tops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in storm canopies or awnings comprising sun shades, intended principally for the protection and comfort of the occu pants of a pleasure or other boat.

This invention provides a new and unique construction for a canopy, being one which is at once rugged, simple to operate and cheap to manufacture.

Another object of my invention is to provide a canopy the form of which is in harmony with the lines of the boat so that the appearance of the boat when the canopy is in use is thereby considerably improved.

Another object of my invention is to provide a canopy which from an operating standpoint is exceedingly flexible in that it may be positioned in a variety of ways with equal facility, with the particular result that when the canopy is not in use may be sccurely held in position at either side of the boat without inconvenience to the occupants thereof if they should desire to use the oars, and without obstructing their view.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide a canopy having a sun shade manipulatable for a variety of positions so as to suit the convenience of the occupants of the boat.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a canopy comprising a sun shade in which the fasteners are simple in construction and so arranged that comparatively few of them will suffice to retain both the sun shade and the main portion of the canopy in such different positions as the occupants of the boat may desire.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrange ment and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters, designate the same parts in the several views, and in Which i a side view of the boat showmy :.opy and sun shade in use.

2 is a section along the line 2-2 oi W 3 s a central cross-section of the boat showing the storm canopy in use, while we sun shade is folded away.

F 1 is central, section of the boat showing the canopy folded and put away at the side of the boat.

Fig. is a detail of the end portions of the canopy bows showing their manner of attachment to the boat.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view of the canopy as shown in Fig. 4:.

y The boat 10 has a seat 11 and a railing 12. This railing bears at its fore and aft ends the U forks 13 which are fitted with the pivots 14. The bows 15 and 16 are made of flat metal strips and are pivoted upon the pivots 14. Their symmetrical construction as shown by the shape of the canopy in the side View is noteworthy. The main portion of the awning or canopy 17 consisting of a heavy watertight fabric is secured to these hows, the side bows 16 bearing in addition the drop curtains 18 secured thereto. These curtains are made preferably of a light fabric and may be more or less ornamental in appearance. The bows 16 are offset as at 19 to allow a clearance between the bows for the curtains 1'? when the canopy is folded awa as shown in Fig. 4. The canopy 17 and the curtains 18 are fastened to the bows by any suitable means such as hollow rivets flattened over.

Guy members such as springs 20 are permanently secured to the bows 16 at 21. The book and eye connection serves to fasten the free end of the spring to the railing, so that the canopy is held in rigid elevated and open position without allowing any folds or wrinkles to appear in the canopy since the springs cause a lateral tension. thereon. These springs are so located as not to interfere with the manipulation of the oars by the rower.

The shades or curtains 18 may then be se cured in position by means of the straps 22 fastened hereto, which are adapted to engage with the buttons 23 secured to the side of the boat. The edges of the curtains will then be sufliciently low to substantially meet the railing, so that the interior of the boat may in this way be made substantially tight against wind and rain, besides serving the purpose when occasion arises as has already been indicated, of acting as sun shades. The flexibility of the canopy due to the spring construction allows the curtains to be easily fastened or unfastened when operator thrusts his hand into the space between the curtain and the railing. WVhile there are four curtains any number of these, in 'any combination, may be used at once, depending upon the position of the sun or the direction of the wind. Thus only one of the four might be used, or then again two might be used upon the one side or the other, the front or the rear of the boat.

WVhen it is desired to use the main portion of the canopy alone, the sun shades may be folded upon themselves as shown in Fig. 3, so as to hug the under portion of the awning, and may be fastened thereto by means of the buttons 24, using the very same straps 22 which were used to secure the curtain to the buttons 23. The economy of this construction is manifest.

When the canopy is folded away it is swung to a side of the boat, being thus out of the way. An unobstructed view is then open to theoccupants of the boat, who may use oars if they so desire. The spring 20 is then passed around the canopy and the hook and eye connection 25 locked, thus helping tosupp'ort and rigidly hold said canopy.

.The superiority of my construction will be noted also in that the form of the bows is curved, and this, together with their arrangement allows the use of a canopy of very simple. cut, no extensive fabrication or preparation being necessary before it is fastened to the bows. Another advantage is that while the central portion of the canopy is sufliciently high to permit vof reasonable head room, the ends ofthe canopy are substantially at the level of the railing of the boat. Any end coverings which appear to be indispensable in the prior art if the end portions of the boat-are to be protected against wind and rain, are thus rendered unnecessary.

I claim:

1. In a canopy adapted for use on a boat, the combination with a plurality of side bows pivoted at the ends of the boat and adapted to swing transversely thereof, of a cover supported by the bows and fastened thereto so as to limit the swing of the side bows relatively to each other, one of said side bows being adapted to lie in spaced relation to one gunwale while the other side bow lies in spaced relation to the other gunwala and tension means secured at the sides of the boat adapted to engage said side bows to draw them with cqu'al force toward the gunwales, thereby causing a tension in said cover and thus securing the bows in spaced relation with each other and with the gunwales and the canopy in unfolded upraised position. 7

2. The combination as in claim 1 wherein a curtain is fastened to one of said side bows adapted to substantially span the space between the gunwale and its supporting bow and to lie againstthe under side of said cover. y

3. The combination as in claim 1 wherein a curtain is fastened to one of said side bows adapted to substantially span the space between the gunwale and the bow supporting said curtain and to lie within said tension means so that said curtain can be folded up to lie against the under side of said cover, said curtain comprising fastening means adapted both to secure the free edge of the curtain to the side of the boat when the curtain is opened up, and to the under side of the cover when folded away.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature,

MOZ MIZRAHI.

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