Retractable pontoons
OwnerThomas B. McCormickinventor
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Abstract
A retractable pontoon boat has a deck, a starboard pontoon and a port pontoon, a center beam coupled to the underside of the deck and running substantially from bow to stern, a plurality of pivoting arms coupling the pontoons to the center beam, a plurality of bearings interposed between the deck and the pivoting arms, and one or more linear actuators for actuating the pivoting arms; wherein, in a first, retracted position, the pontoons are substantially underneath the deck; and wherein, in a second, extended position, the pontoons are substantially extended from underneath the deck.
Claims4
A retractable pontoon boat, comprising:
- a deck;
- a starboard pontoon and a port pontoon;
- a center beam coupled to the underside of the deck and running substantially from bow to stern;
- a plurality of pivoting arms coupling the pontoons to the center beam;
- a plurality of bearings interposed between the deck and the pivoting arms;
- and
- one or more linear actuators for actuating the pivoting arms;
- wherein, in a first, retracted position, the pontoons are substantially underneath the deck and the pivoting arms are angled in relation to the center beam;
- and
- wherein, in a second, extended position, the pontoons are substantially extended from underneath the deck and the pivoting arms are perpendicular to the center beam.
A retractable pontoon boat, comprising:
- a deck;
- a starboard pontoon and a port pontoon;
- a plurality of pivoting arms interposed between the starboard pontoon and port pontoon, the pivoting arms pivotably coupled to the deck at a center position;
- a plurality of bearings interposed between the deck and the pivoting arms;
- and
- one or more linear actuators for actuating the pivoting arms;
- wherein, in a first, retracted position, the pontoons are substantially underneath the deck with the port pontoon extended from the stern and the starboard pontoon extended from the bow;
- and
- wherein, in a second, extended position, the pontoons are substantially extended from underneath the deck on the port and starboard sides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.