Adjustable boat windshield support brace
US6637363B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 10, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63B19/02
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An adjustable windshield brace for boat windshields has sufficient flexibility to permit utilization on the windshields of many boat manufacturers. The brace is formed of two linearly extending members, one of which is provided with a bell to receive the other member. The belled brace member is formed with internal threading to be engageable with corresponding threads on the other brace member. The threads are finely formed to permit a linear translational movement of approximately one-sixteenth of an inch for each revolution of the brace members. Each brace member is provided with a mounting flange pivotally mounted on the respective opposing ends of the brace members to provide an attitude adjustment of the mounting flanges. Length adjustment and orientation adjustment of one mounting flange relative to the other mounting flange is accomplished by rotating the threads interengaging the two brace members. This three dimensional adjustment of the windshield brace permits the windshield brace to be adapted to many different windshield configurations. The belled portion on the one brace member hides the threads of the other brace member as the windshield brace is extended in length.
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