Abstract:
A personal watercraft (PWC) is provided. The PWC includes a body having a bottom portion, a top portion covering the bottom portion, and a storage space disposed between the top and bottom portions; and a power train disposed on or in the body. The power train includes a motor, a battery, a controller, an impeller, and an impeller water pump, and is configured for moving the body through water. Further, the body and the power train collectively weigh about 150 pounds or less.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a boat (10) comprising a hull (11) that is suitable for being towed on a solid surface and comprises a hitching device (30) comprising a straight drawbar (39) and a hitching mechanism (31), characterised in that the hitching device is movable in translation along an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the hull (11) between a stowed position in which the hitching device is more retracted into the hull and a deployed position in which the hitching device extends further out of the hull than when in the stowed position.
Abstract:
An evacuation cabin includes an upper housing and a lower housing. The upper housing has a joining portion along a bottom edge of the upper housing and an opening at middle of one side of the upper housing for receiving an upper part of a water-sealable door. The lower housing has a joining portion corresponding and sealed to the joining portion of the upper housing such that the upper housing and the lower housing are sealed integrally and water-sealably, and an opening corresponding to the opening of the upper housing and for receiving a lower part of the water-sealable door. There are accommodated in the lower housing a power source acting as a weight to lower the center of gravity of the evacuation cabin so as to maintain the evacuation cabin in a stable condition when water floods the ground. A chassis, provided underneath the evacuation cabin, is mounted with an axle for installing wheels so that the evacuation cabin can stand stationary or be transported as a trailer by a mobile.
Abstract:
A ramp for a pontoon boat, or the like, in which a boat user can come and go from the pontoon boat, or the like, without having to get wet. The ramp is equipped with a cylinderal float not only keeps the ramp and user afloat which and is also ideally suited for docking an a typical beach since the float acts like a roller that allows the ramp to move up on the shore. A further object is to provide a platform projecting from the boat to assist swimmers in entering or leaving the boat. A further object of this invention is to provide a means for a handicap person to have access to the boat. The ramp comprises of a support structure attached in most cases to the underside of the boat, a platform that is slidablly fitted with into the support structure. The support structure has an elongated bearing that allows the platform to easily slide into the support structure. A cylindrical float is rotatably attached to the free end of the platform which is capable of holding both ramp together with at least one person utilizing the ramp. The ramp in its retracted position is stored on the underside of the pontoon boat. When needed it can be easily manually extended or retracted by the use of a rudder rotatably attached to the inboard end of the ramp. The rudder, when turned approximately 90 degrees to the center-line of the ramp the water force on the rudder when the boat is moving will move the ramp.
Abstract:
A connecting structure for ocean-going push-barge combination, wherein a plurality of connecting pins are provided at the bow and both sides of a pusher boat in a manner slidable back and forth, and corresponding numbers of holes or ports for receiving and holding connecting pins therein are provided in the wall of a longitudinally, deeply notched stern of a barge where the bow and the sides of the pusher boat enter, the pusher boat and the barge being rigidly but separably joined together by insertion into the receiving and holding ports of the connecting pins depending on the relative drafts of the pusher boat and the barge to form a single seagoing unit.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a capturing mechanism and method for the recovery of at least one vessel to at least one marine platform; the at least one vessel having at least one engagement device either permanently or at least partially reversibly connectable to the same; the capturing mechanism including: a. at least one tensioned capturing line connected to the at least one marine platform; and b, at least one line maneuvering mechanism configured to displace the at least one tensioned capturing line in at least one direction selected from a group of up, down, left, right, forward, backward, playable into the at least one marine plat form, playable out of said at least one marine platform, playable into and out of the water and any combination thereof.
Abstract:
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a vessel includes: a hull 100 provided with a propellant 140; a deck 200 spaced apart from the hull 100; and a support 300 between the hull 100 and the deck 200, the support 300 configured to support 300 the deck 200 with respect to the hull 100, wherein the hull 100 is disposed below a water surface during operation, and the deck 200 is supported by the support 300 to be disposed above the water surface during operation.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a capturing mechanism for the recovery of at least one vessel to at least one marine platform; said at least one vessel having at least one engagement device either permanently or at least partially reversibly connectable to the same; said capturing mechanism comprising: a. at least one tensioned capturing line connected to said at least one marine platform; and b, at least one line maneuvering mechanism configured to displace said at least one tensioned capturing line in at least one direction selected from a group consisting of up, down, left, right, forward, backward, playable into said at least one marine plat form, playable out of said at least one marine platform, playable into and out of the water and any combination thereof.
Abstract:
An assembly for transporting a watercraft, wherein the assembly remains coupled to the watercraft during transport of the craft and during operation of the craft. The assembly is rotatably adjustable through a range of positions including a transport position, a plurality of stabilizing positions, a stowing position, and an emergency position wherein the watercraft may be used as a shelter, wherein each of these positions may be easily locked into place by the operator of the watercraft. The assembly is further adjustable to accommodate watercraft of various widths.
Abstract:
A wheel and mounting bracket assembly for boats and the like in which the wheel support has a vertically positioned shaft-like strut with a pair of spaced pins extending laterally therefrom, and a bracket having a body with side walls forming a generally U-shaped, elongated channel for receiving the strut in parallel relation therewith. Two pairs of opposed slots are disposed in the side walls in the outer edge for receiving the pins of the strut, and a latch having a longitudinal bolt locks the pins in one of the slots. The upper slot is preferably of an L-shaped configuration and the lower slot is of a straight inwardly extending configuration, and the lock is preferably used in conjunction with the straight slot to lock the pin therein. The bracket has uses other than mounting wheel assemblies and the like, such additional uses including securing a tow bar and anchor cable to the boat.