B63B21/045

Motorized Watercraft
20170043844 · 2017-02-16 ·

A motorized watercraft is a vehicle that is used to transport a user across the water. The motorized watercraft includes a floating board, a control unit, at least one electrically accessible system, a power source, and at least one conduit stringer. The floating board allows a user to float above the water. The at least one electrically accessible system may include a propulsion system, lights, or other features. The control unit is mounted to the deck of the floating board and is used to regulate the speed of the propulsion system and may be used to control lights which are mounted into the floating board. The power source is used to provide the energy needed for running the propulsion system and the lights. The conduit stringer runs through the floating board, strengthening the floating board and providing a channel through which wiring may run.

Tow rope terminal section with climb-aboard provisions
09550550 · 2017-01-24 ·

A tow-rope terminal section for watersports is provided for attachment to the end a tow rope and forming a final link to the inner tube or whatever inflated or floating towable. The tow-rope terminal section is provide with climb-aboard provisions so that fallen riders can climb back aboard the towable more easily.

FOLDING MARINE CLEAT WITH FASTENER RETENTION
20260091851 · 2026-04-02 ·

A folding marine cleat can include a base and a cleat head having a detent spring member. The cleat head can be positionable with respect to the base in stowed and deployed positions by a four-bar linkage with first and second legs to transition the cleat head between deployed and stowed positions. The legs can include stowed and deployed flat portions positionable to selectively be in contact with and abutting the detent spring member to retain the cleat head in the stowed or deployed position. The base can include fastener retention slots with opposing opening surfaces and opposing retention surfaces being spaced apart at a distance to receive a square portion of a fastener therebetween to fix the fastener in axial rotation with respect to the cleat base, with the opposing opening surfaces being spaced apart at a distance narrower than a distance across the square portion of the fastener.

Marine cleat with fastener retention

A marine cleat with fastener retention is provided. The marine cleat can be a folding cleat and can include a cleat body configured to operably couple to a mounting surface of the watercraft, and a cleat head extending away from the cleat body. The cleat head can have first and second projections configured to receive a portion of a line, e.g., for mooring the watercraft. A bottom side of the cleat body can include first and second fastener retention slots, each having an insertion cavity that is configured to receive a head of a fastener therein, and a retention end that is configured to laterally receive the head of the fastener and fix the fastener in both axial translation and axial rotation with respect to the cleat body. The insertion cavities of the first and second fastener retention slots can be positioned outwardly from the retention ends.