- Patent Title: System and method for enhancing a wake profile for pontoon boats
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Application No.: US16929750Application Date: 2020-07-15
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Publication No.: US11407477B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Duane Nicholas Dinninger , Greg Ryan Boyd , Kris Douglas Forrest
- Applicant: Avalon & Tahoe MFG., Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Alma
- Assignee: Avalon & Tahoe MFG., Inc.
- Current Assignee: Avalon & Tahoe MFG., Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Alma
- Agency: Dickinson Wright, PLLC
- Agent Robert L. Stearns
- Main IPC: B63B35/38
- IPC: B63B35/38 ; B63B1/30 ; B63B1/32 ; B63B34/75

Abstract:
A system for enhancing a wake profile produced by a pontoon boat is provided. The system includes a pair of ramps attached to the bottom of a platform supported by at least two pontoons. The ramps may be oriented downward with a rear end of the ramp disposed in the water between the pontoons. The water flowing between the pontoons is displaced downward by the ramps, thereby increasing water displacement and directing the water to produce an improved wake profile. Downforce may be applied to the boat by one or more wake plates, with a faceted portion of the wake plate facing forward and upward, such that when water impacts the faceted portion a downforce is provided. The wake plates may be attached to the ramps or may be separate from the ramps.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200346715A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING A WAKE PROFILE FOR PONTOON BOATS Public/Granted day:2020-11-05
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