Amphibian
AssigneeGibbs Technologies Limited
InventorsAlan Timothy Gibbs, Simon James Longdill
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Abstract
An amphibious motorcycle with a hull that provides desirable buoyancy for the vehicle to float while in the water and yet allows the vehicle to lean/turn during use on land is provided. The amphibious motorcycle has a front wheel with a front suspension system and a rear wheel with a rear suspension system. Also included can be at least one wheel retraction system that is operable to move the front wheel and/or the rear wheel between a deployed position for use of the amphibious motorcycle on land and a retracted position for use of the amphibious motorcycle on or in the water. The amphibious motorcycle also has a hull that can have a center portion with a center bow and two oppositely disposed and spaced apart side portions each with a side bow.
Claims20
An amphibious two-wheeled motorcycle comprising:
- a retractable front wheel of the two-wheeled motorcycle with a front suspension system;
- a retractable rear wheel of the two-wheeled motorcycle with a rear suspension system, wherein the retractable front wheel and the retractable rear wheel are in a same track;
- a hull having a center portion with a center bow at a forward end thereof and two oppositely disposed and spaced apart side portions each with a side bow at a forward end thereof;
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- a front wheel bay defined by a gap between the two oppositely disposed and spaced apart side portions both when the retractable front wheel is in the deployed position and in the retracted position.
An amphibious two-wheeled motorcycle comprising:
- A retractable front wheel of the two-wheeled motorcycle;
- a retractable rear wheel of the two-wheeled motorcycle, wherein the retractable front wheel and the retractable rear wheel are in a same track;
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- a hull having a bow, the bow having a central bow portion and a pair of side bow portions, the bow having a front wheel bay defined by a gap between the pair of side bow portions both when the retractable front wheel is in the deployed position and the retracted position, the retractable front wheel being disposed at least partially within the retractable front wheel bay when the front wheel is in the deployed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.