Stern platform assembly for an outboard propelled boat

Abstract

A stern platform assembly for an outboard propelled boat, comprising a pair of side support wings, a movable platform arranged adjacent to the side support wings, and a motion mechanism housed within each of the side support wings and carrying the movable platform, wherein the movable platform is movable between a terminal elevation position, in which it is arranged adjacent to the top of the side support wings, and a terminal lowering position, while keeping a predetermined orientation with respect to the side support wings and keeping a closeness relationship with them, and wherein, when viewed in plan view, the assembly encompasses a room circumscribed on three sides by the movable platform and by the side support wings.

1 . A stern platform assembly for an outboard propelled boat, comprising a pair of stationary side support wings, a movable platform arranged adjacent to the side support wings, and a motion mechanism housed within each of the side support wings and carrying the movable platform, wherein the movable platform is movable between a terminal elevation position, in which it is arranged adjacent to the top of the side support wings, and a terminal lowering position, while keeping a predetermined orientation with respect to the side support wings and keeping a closeness relationship with them, and wherein, when viewed in plan view, the assembly encompasses a room circumscribed on three sides by the movable platform and by the side support wings. 
     
     
         2 . An assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein the platform is rectilinearly translatable between the terminal elevation position and the terminal lowering position. 
     
     
         3 . An assembly according to  claim 2 , comprising a plurality of movable steps arranged alongside at least one of the side support wings and connected to the motion mechanism in such a way as to keep a parallelism relationship with the movable platform during motion thereof. 
     
     
         4 . An assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein the movable platform comprises a support structure comprising a first support part and a second support part slidably coupled to each other, wherein the motion mechanism comprises a linkage connected to a frame of the side support wing, a slide guide arranged on the side support wing, and an actuator for controlling the linkage, wherein the first support part is connected to the linkage in such a way as to be capable of travelling along a curvilinear path while keeping a predetermined orientation with respect to the side support wing, and wherein the second support part is coupled to the slide guide in such a way as to be capable of translating along it, being driven by the first support part. 
     
     
         5 . An assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein the motion mechanism comprises a pantograph linkage, an upper end of which is connected to the side support wing, and a lower end of which is connected to the movable platform. 
     
     
         6 . An assembly according to  claim 4 , comprising a plurality of steps rigidly connected to respective sliders or slippers coupled to guides arranged in the side support wing, and connected to the linkage. 
     
     
         7 . An assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein the motion mechanism comprises a linear actuator, an upper end of which is connected to the side support wing, and a lower end of which is connected to the movable platform,
 wherein the assembly further comprises a plurality of steps rigidly connected to respective sliders or slippers coupled to guides arranged in the side support wing, and connected to the same rod hinged to the side support wing.   
     
     
         8 . An outboard propelled boat, comprising a hull and at least one outboard motor positioned at a stern end of the hull, and further comprising a stern platform assembly, comprising a pair of stationary side support wings, a movable platform arranged adjacent to the side support wings, and a motion mechanism housed within each of the side support wings and carrying the movable platform, wherein the movable platform is movable between a terminal elevation position, in which it is arranged adjacent to the top of the side support wings, and a terminal lowering position, while keeping a predetermined orientation with respect to the side support wings and keeping a closeness relationship with them, wherein the stern platform assembly is arranged in such a way as that the outboard motor is positioned within a room circumscribed by the movable platform, by the side support wings and by the stern end of the hull.