Patents Assigned to XTREME MARINE CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20230008845Abstract: A foldable watersports tower for a boat includes a pair of legs pivotally mounted to the boat, each leg having an electronic leg actuator operable to pivot the leg between an upright orientation and a lower orientation; a cross-piece extending between the legs; a roof mount pivotally mounted to the legs; a roof mounted to the roof mount; and a roof frame actuator connected between portions of the cross-piece and portions of the roof mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventors: William C. Hill, Benjamin Girard Harder
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Patent number: 10562595Abstract: A top mountable on a boat. The top includes a tower having an upper tower portion pivotally connected to a lower tower portion, and a cover connected to the upper tower portion and having a plurality of rigid panels hingedly connected to one another. The top is pivotable and foldable from an erected orientation in which the upper rigid tower portion is positioned directly above the lower rigid tower portion and the rigid panels are oriented in a parallel planar relationship above the upper rigid tower portion to a storage orientation. In the storage orientation the upper rigid tower portion is pivoted relative to the to the lower rigid tower portion and the rigid panels are oriented in a folded orientation relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventors: Anthony Duane Williams, Bradley Michael Nemeth
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Publication number: 20190135382Abstract: A top mountable on a boat. The top includes a tower having an upper tower portion pivotally connected to a lower tower portion, and a cover connected to the upper tower portion and having a plurality of rigid panels hingedly connected to one another. The top is pivotable and foldable from an erected orientation in which the upper rigid tower portion is positioned directly above the lower rigid tower portion and the rigid panels are oriented in a parallel planar relationship above the upper rigid tower portion to a storage orientation. In the storage orientation the upper rigid tower portion is pivoted relative to the to the lower rigid tower portion and the rigid panels are oriented in a folded orientation relative to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventors: Anthony Duane Williams, Bradley Michael Nemeth
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Patent number: 9926045Abstract: A foldable sun cover mountable on a watersports tower of a boat. The sun cover includes a pair of frames connected to a pair of hubs mounted on opposite sides of the tower, each hub having a pair of movable mounts. Each of the movable mounts is connected to one of the frames and independently movable to orient the frames each to a locked and deployed position in which each frame is locked in a substantially horizontal position so that each frame is substantially aligned with and parallel to the other frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventors: Matthew Ostmeyer, Robert Metcalf, Jim Wilson, Mike Howard, Mike Hawk
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Patent number: 9434451Abstract: A foldable watersports tower mountable on a boat and suitable to serve as both a watersports tower and provide support for a sun cover. The tower includes a cover frame and a leg supporting the cover frame. The leg includes a first leg section having a lower end and an upper end. The lower end of the first leg section is pivotally mountable adjacent the boat at a first lower pivot location, and the upper end of the first leg section is pivotally connected to the cover frame at a first upper pivot location. The leg includes a second leg section having a lower end and an upper end. The lower end of the second leg section is pivotally mountable adjacent the boat at a second lower pivot location. The upper end of the second leg section is pivotally connected to the cover frame at a second upper pivot location.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2015Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventors: Matthew Ostmeyer, Bradley Michael Nemeth
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Patent number: 9302742Abstract: An arch shaped structural member suitable for use as a wakeboard tower including a pair of legs and a crosspiece supported by the legs, both of the legs and the crosspiece being a coreless cast structural member characterized as a cast structural member and devoid of a hollow interior enclosed by solid portions.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventors: Anthony Duane Williams, Bradley Michael Nemeth, Robert Blaine Metcalf
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Patent number: 9139259Abstract: A folding bimini top having a vertical arch member that may be pivotally raised and lowered or released relative to a boat hull, and a lateral support member that can receive a sun cover or cargo, and which has a first portion pivotally connected to the arch member and a second portion that releasably connects to the arch member via a latch.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventors: Anthony Duane Williams, Bradley Michael Nemeth
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Patent number: 9114855Abstract: A folding arch system for a boat includes an arch member pivotally connected to a boat hull and pivotally positionable relative to the boat hull between a raised position and a lowered position. A lateral support is pivotally connected to the vertical arch. A rigid canopy is pivotally connected to the arch member and yieldably coupled to the lateral support. The vertical arch member and the lateral support supportably position the rigid canopy in a predetermined horizontal orientation.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventor: Bradley Michael Nemeth
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Patent number: 9114854Abstract: A wakeboard tower having a tower leg pivotally mounted to a folding support system, the folding support system including includes an upper support arm, a spring, a lower support arm, and a base member. The tower can be folded between a plurality of positions between an elevated position relative to the boat hull and a lowered position relative to the boat hull.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventors: Anthony Duane Williams, Bradley Michael Nemeth, Robert Blaine Metcalf
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Patent number: 9061748Abstract: A wakeboard tower having a foldable tower leg having a spring loaded latch assembly mounted to the first section of the leg and a lock pin mounted to the second section of the leg, with the spring loaded latch assembly including a handle rotatably mounted to an exterior portion of the first section of the leg and having a rod including a protruding cam surface located on the rod and a spring operable to bias the cam surface in a direction away from the handle.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventor: Robert Blaine Metcalf
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Patent number: 9027500Abstract: A foldable bimini for a boat that is rigid and bi-directionally stable in an erected orientation, the bimini including a rigid arch-shaped frame fixedly mountable onto the boat having a disengageable bimini mount; and a foldable bimini support, including a rigid arch member pivotally mounted to the rigid arch shaped frame and at least one rigid leg pivotally mounted to the rigid arch member and releasably connectable to the frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventors: Anthony Duane Williams, Michael Edward Howard
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Publication number: 20150114279Abstract: A wakeboard tower having a foldable tower leg having a spring loaded latch assembly mounted to the first section of the leg and a lock pin mounted to the second section of the leg, with the spring loaded latch assembly including a handle rotatably mounted to an exterior portion of the first section of the leg and having a rod including a protruding cam surface located on the rod and a spring operable to bias the cam surface in a direction away from the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventor: Robert Blaine Metcalf
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Patent number: 8973515Abstract: A boat tower and methods for making in which the tower is made of one or more composite members, each including a structural member and molded decorative members attached to opposite sides of the structural member, resulting in a tower system that requires substantially less finishing of the surfaces of the structural members as compared to conventional boat towers.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventor: Robert Metcalf
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Publication number: 20140261144Abstract: A folding arch system for a boat includes an arch member pivotally connected to a boat hull and pivotally positionable relative to the boat hull between a raised position and a lowered position. A lateral support is pivotally connected to the vertical arch. A rigid canopy is pivotally connected to the arch member and yieldably coupled to the lateral support. The vertical arch member and the lateral support supportably position the rigid canopy in a predetermined horizontal orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventor: Bradley Michael Nemeth
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Publication number: 20140261142Abstract: A foldable bimini for a boat that is rigid and bi-directionally stable in an erected orientation, the bimini including a rigid arch-shaped frame fixedly mountable onto the boat having a disengageable bimini mount; and a foldable bimini support, including a rigid arch member pivotally mounted to the rigid arch shaped frame and at least one rigid leg pivotally mounted to the rigid arch member and releasably connectable to the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventors: Anthony Duane Williams, Michael Edward Howard
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Publication number: 20140261143Abstract: A folding bimini top having a vertical arch member that may be pivotally raised and lowered or released relative to a boat hull, and a lateral support member that can receive a sun cover or cargo, and which has a first portion pivotally connected to the arch member and a second portion that releasably connects to the arch member via a latch.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventors: Anthony Duane Williams, Bradley Michael Nemeth
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Publication number: 20140190392Abstract: An arch shaped structural member suitable for use as a wakeboard tower including a pair of legs and a crosspiece supported by the legs, both of the legs and the crosspiece being a coreless cast structural member characterized as a cast structural member and devoid of a hollow interior enclosed by solid portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventors: Anthony Duane Williams, Bradley Michael Nemeth, Robert Blaine Metcalf
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Publication number: 20140048007Abstract: A wakeboard tower having a tower leg pivotally mounted to a folding support system, the folding support system including includes an upper support arm, a spring, a lower support arm, and a base member. The tower can be folded between a plurality of positions between an elevated position relative to the boat hull and a lowered position relative to the boat hull.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventors: Anthony Duane Williams, Bradley Michael Nemeth, Robert Blaine Metcalf
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Patent number: 8522709Abstract: A sun cover for use with a boat tower having an elevated tow point. The cover includes a frame having a forward portion and a rear portion located adjacent to the forward portion, with at least a portion of the rear portion being spaced above or below the forward portion, defining a gap defined above or below a trailing portion of the forward portion and a leading portion of the rear portion. The frame is mounted to the tower and oriented relative to the tower so that the tow point is accessible via the gap such that a tow rope connected to the tow point extends rearwardly from the tow point via the gap and the cover does not interfere with a tow rope attached to the tow point during use of the boat to pull a person being towed by the boat using the tow rope.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventors: Anthony Duane Williams, Robert Blaine Metcalf
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Patent number: 8495967Abstract: A wakeboard tower having an elevated tow point and a bimini or other sun cover integrated to the tower in a manner that does not interfere with the tow point.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2011Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Xtreme Marine CorporationInventors: Anthony Duane Williams, Robert Blaine Metcalf