Hitching device
AssigneeWettoncraft
InventorEric Divry
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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.
Claims18
A boat comprising a hull that is suitable for being towed on a solid surface and comprises a hitching device comprising a straight drawbar and a hitching mechanism, wherein the hitching device is movable in translation along a translation axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the hull between a stowed position and a deployed position in which the hitching device extends further out of the hull than when in the stowed position, wherein the hull comprises a sheath so configured as to allow the translation of the hitching device into said hull during the stowing thereof;
- and wherein the sheath includes a hatch for sealing said sheath in the stowed position of the hitching device.
A boat comprising a hull that is suitable for being towed on a solid surface and comprises a hitching device comprising a straight drawbar and a hitching mechanism, wherein the hitching device is movable in translation along a translation axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the hull between a stowed position and a deployed position in which the hitching device extends further out of the hull than when in the stowed position,
- wherein the hitching device includes a translation locking system,
- wherein the hitching device locking system is so configured as to lock the translation of the hitching device in a first angular position of the hitching device along the translation axis and to allow the translation of the hitching device in a second angular position different from the first angular position of the hitching device along the translation axis, and
- wherein the angular shift of the first angular position and the second angular position is 180°.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.