Vollrath
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Vollrath Viking Marine Hardware
The Vollrath Company
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Vollrath was one of the few marine hardware manufacturers to offer deck hardware made of cast stainless steel. Before entering the recreational boating equipment industry, The Vollrath Copmany made stainless steel surgical instruments. The Vollrath line of marine hardware, featuring design by Clifford Brooks Stevens, was standard on boats made by Cutter and Owens. Hardware was also available in kit form for home-builders, dealers, and purchasers of factory unfitted boats. Besides deck hardware, Vollrath is also noted for their highly-styled steering wheels.
In 1960, Vollrath advertised "Vi-Matic" mechanical steering and announced that their steering systems were standard on Bryant Boats.
Patents
1959 Vollrath Vi-Matic steering patent
1958 Vollrath cleat patent by Brooks Stevens
1958 Vollrath steering wheel patent by Brooks Stevens
1959 Vollrath stern light patent by Brooks Stevens
1958 Information
1958 Vollrath Ad
1958 Vollrath Stern Light Article
1959 Information
1959 Vollrath Steering Wheel Article
1960 Information
1960 Vollrath Ad
