Boat

Abstract

A display device 8 such as a flat screen television may be stowed away out of sight within a cabin by partly recessing into a moulded coaming 3 forming part of the boat's superstructure 1 in addition to being partially received in a special housing 7. In this way, the fact that a display device 8 is hidden out of view is made less obvious because the housing 7 does not conform to the shape of the display device 8.

1 . A boat comprising: 
 a hull having a deck;    a superstructure which is above the deck and includes a cabin having a door leading thereinto from the deck and a coaming up at least part of a side of the door;    a housing attached to the superstructure inside the cabin by the door; and    an elongate display device which has first and second opposite ends and a display screen and is slidably mounted on a sliding mechanism inside the housing and the coaming such that the display screen is hidden and the first end of the display device is within the coaming and the second end is within the housing, wherein the display device is slidable out of the coaming and at least partially out of the housing so as to expose the display screen for viewing.    
   
   
       2 . A boat according to  claim 1 , wherein the sliding mechanism incorporates a latch which is releasable by pushing on the second end and biasing means for sliding out the unlatched display device to expose the display screen.  
   
   
       3 . A boat according to  claim 1 , wherein the cabin includes a horizontal surface below the housing, and the display device is arranged to slide out just above the surface without touching the surface.  
   
   
       4 . A boat according to  claim 1 , wherein the coaming curves into the cabin in the upward direction and the housing in the sliding direction of the display device is deeper at the bottom of the housing than at the top of the housing.  
   
   
       5 . A boat according to  claim 4 , wherein the housing is generally triangular when viewed perpendicular to the sliding direction of the display device.  
   
   
       6 . A boat according to  claim 1 , wherein the display device is arranged to slide fully out of the housing.  
   
   
       7 . A boat according to  claim 1 , wherein the sliding mechanism is provided on a rear face of the display device remote from a front face which has the display screen.  
   
   
       8 . A boat according to  claim 7 , wherein the rear face of the display device faces an adjacent cabin wall or window when the display device is extended into the cabin.  
   
   
       9 . (canceled)  
   
   
       10 . A boat according to  claim 2 , wherein the cabin includes a horizontal surface below the housing, and the display device is arranged to slide out just above the surface without touching the surface.  
   
   
       11 . A boat according to  claim 10 , wherein the coaming curves into the cabin in the upward direction and the housing in the sliding direction of the display device is deeper at the bottom of the housing than at the top of the housing.  
   
   
       12 . A boat according to  claim 2 , wherein the coaming curves into the cabin in the upward direction and the housing in the sliding direction of the display device is deeper at the bottom of the housing than at the top of the housing.  
   
   
       13 . A boat according to  claim 3 , wherein the coaming curves into the cabin in the upward direction and the housing in the sliding direction of the display device is deeper at the bottom of the housing than at the top of the housing.  
   
   
       14 . A boat according to  claim 2 , wherein the display device is arranged to slide fully out of the housing.  
   
   
       15 . A boat according to  claim 3 , wherein the display device is arranged to slide fully out of the housing.  
   
   
       16 . A boat according to  claim 4 , wherein the display device is arranged to slide fully out of the housing.  
   
   
       17 . A boat according to  claim 5 , wherein the display device is arranged to slide fully out of the housing.  
   
   
       18 . A boat according to  claim 2 , wherein the sliding mechanism is provided on a rear face of the display device remote from a front face which has the display screen.  
   
   
       19 . A boat according to  claim 3 , wherein the sliding mechanism is provided on a rear face of the display device remote from a front face which has the display screen.  
   
   
       20 . A boat according to  claim 4 , wherein the sliding mechanism is provided on a rear face of the display device remote from a front face which has the display screen.  
   
   
       21 . A boat according to  claim 5 , wherein the sliding mechanism is provided on a rear face of the display device remote from a front face which has the display screen.  
   
   
       22 . A boat according to  claim 6 , wherein the sliding mechanism is provided on a rear face of the display device remote from a front face which has the display screen.