Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – With wheeled buoyant landing or launching aid
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-08
2009-12-29
Avila, Stephen (Department: 3617)
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
With wheeled buoyant landing or launching aid
Reexamination Certificate
active
07637223
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for transporting a vessel is provided. The apparatus includes: a base which is attachable to the vessel; and a wheel rotatably mountable to the base such that the apparatus is operable at the wheel to support the vessel substantially midway beneath the vessel when the apparatus is configured in a transport configuration. A pair of parallel, spaced apart cross rails extending between a pair of parallel, spaced apart side bars form a frame of the base. The wheel is mountable between wheel supports attached to the frame. A pair of support arms are slidably and rotatably connected to the cross rails. A support structure is connectable to one of the side bars. The apparatus is collapsible from the transport configuration to a generally planar collapsed configuration. A kit may include the apparatus and attachments for attaching the apparatus to the vessel.
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MacDonald Donald James
Moore David John
Avila Stephen
Bonar Laurence C.
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