Patents by Inventor Delbert G. Smith

Delbert G. Smith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Boat mooring station
    Patent number: 5449247
    Abstract: A boat mooring station comprises frame members connected to define a mooring station frame. The mooring station frame is positioned above a waterline of a body of water and oriented generally parallel to the surface of the body of water. An extensible front leg is connected with the frame near a front end and a pair of back legs are connected with the frame near a back end. The back legs extend at least generally downward to stand on a bottom of the body of water and support the frame. The front leg extends to raise the mooring station front to a launch position for launching or receiving a boat and retracts to lower the mooring station front to a storage position for storing the boat. The mooring station includes a boat support connected with the frame to receive and support the boat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Inventor: Delbert G. Smith
  • Outboard motorboat with space saver pocket transom
    Patent number: 4823725
    Abstract: An outboard motorboat having a buttress panel located aft of the transom to receive and mount an outboard motor thereon. The transom has a space saver pocket or motorwell therein which provides a clearance between the transom and the motor even when the motor pivots from a fully lowered position to a fully raised position, and from a fully rotated generally clockwise position to a fully rotated generally counterclockwise position, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1989
    Assignee: Nordic Boat Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Delbert G. Smith
  • Stern conversion seat and raised casting platform
    Patent number: 4738217
    Abstract: A boat stern seat and platform device which is easily convertible to provide either a pleasure boat having a bench seat with or without a backrest or a boat having an elevated platform. Preferably, for fishing the platform is adapted to receive an elevated pedestal seat. The conversion is easily and readily performed by one person and in all configurations, the device is free from any protruding hardware which might cause injury to persons or restrict their movement and is pleasing to the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Assignee: Nordic Boat Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Delbert G. Smith
  • Convertible boat
    Patent number: 4567845
    Abstract: A pleasure boat has a conventional open cockpit with seats along its opposite sides. The floor of the cockpit has a socket therein for supporting an elevated pedestal seat. The seats are swingable upwardly toward each other to form an elevated platform for the pedestal seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Assignee: Nordic Boat Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Delbert G. Smith