Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – With wheeled buoyant landing or launching aid
Patent
1987-09-04
1988-05-24
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
With wheeled buoyant landing or launching aid
114366, 405 2, B63B 2164
Patent
active
047458739
ABSTRACT:
A system for towing and launching a waterborne craft (10). The system includes a pair of tracks (26) which are floatable and are streamed from the shore (16) onto the surface (28) of a body of water (14) into which the craft (10) is to be launched. A carriage (12) is provided for supporting the craft (10), the carriage (12) including a pair of wheels (18) which have concavities (24) formed in outer peripheral surfaces thereof. The concavities (24) receive the elongated, generally cylindrical, tubular tracks (26) therein so that, as the carriage (12) is fed from the shore (16) into the water (14), the tracks (26) will be maintained at a distance from one another approximating the distance between the wheels (18). Additionally, the tracks (26) which were floating on the surface (28) of the water (14) will be urged downwardly in the water (14) and onto the bottom (40) thereof. When not in use, the tracks (26) can be easily removed from the body of water (14).
REFERENCES:
patent: 1103971 (1914-07-01), Kratky
patent: 2371461 (1945-03-01), Newell
patent: 3720967 (1973-03-01), Rice
Nawrocki Lawrence M.
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
Sotelo Jesus D.
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