Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment
Patent
1983-02-17
1984-10-02
Basinger, Sherman D.
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
114 39, 114 77R, 114352, 296157, B63B 704
Patent
active
044741316
ABSTRACT:
A convertible boat/canopy adapted to be selectively utilized as a partial boat hull or as a vehicle canopy including a body defined by a first wall forming a top wall of the canopy and a bottom wall of the partial boat hull, two longitudinal walls defining opposite sides of the boat/canopy, two end walls defining opposite ends of the boat/canopy, the longitudinal walls and end walls collectively defining a terminal peripheral edge adapted to fit upon a vehicle panel and defining a gunwale of the partial boat hull, at least one bow extension adapted to be secured to one of the end walls when the boat/canopy is utilized as a partial boat hull, mechanical interconnectors for releasably securing the boat extension to the one end wall, at least a portion of one of the end walls being movable between two different positions, and the bow extension includes elements for limiting the movement of the one end wall portion to one of the two different positions.
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Buirski David P.
Hedley Peter H.
Basinger Sherman D.
Cat-A-Van Associates
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