Dinghy support arrangement
AssigneeDinghy Rings Sweden AB
InventorJohannes Nordemar
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Abstract
A support arrangement for supporting a dinghy on a carrier boat. The support arrangement has a base structure for attachment to the carrier boat and two carrying members for receiving a dinghy having two rear conical pontoon ends pointing in the same direction. The two carrying members are rotatably arranged with respect to the base structure along the longitudinal axis of the base structure such that the dinghy can be moved between a substantially horizontal orientation and an upright orientation with the conical pontoon ends received in the respective carrying member.
Claims4
A support arrangement attached to a carrier boat, the support arrangement comprising:
- a tubular member, the tubular member having a first opening defined therein at a first end of the tubular member and a second opening defined therein at a second end of the tubular member, the first end being opposite the second end of the tubular member, the tubular member having a first end portion of a first telescoping arm attached thereto at the first end of the tubular member and a first end portion of a second telescoping arm attached thereto at the second end of the tubular member, the first telescoping arm having a second end portion attached to a swim platform located at a stern region of the carrier boat, the second telescoping arm having a second end portion attached to the swim platform so that the first and second telescoping arms protrude outwardly from the swim platform;
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- a first ring-shaped carrying member having a first rod member extending radially outwardly in a first direction D1 from the first carrying member, the first rod member having a first outer end being attached to the first end of the tubular member;
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- a second ring-shaped carrying member having a second rod member extending radially outwardly in a second direction D2 from the second carrying member, the second rod member having a second outer end being attached to the second end of the tubular member, the first direction D1 being opposite the second direction D2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.