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US 2014/0329423 A1Published application
Buoyant ice transport vehicle
OwnerKirk J. Matsoninventor
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Abstract
A collapsible, inexpensive and lightweight vehicle powered by an engine for movement over frozen bodies of water. In one embodiment, an internal combustion engine, a kayak and a drive system assembly comprising detachable studded wheels is detachably connected to a collapsible chassis. The vehicle provides transport across frozen bodies of water and the kayak provides buoyancy sufficient to support the vehicle and a passenger should the ice collapse underneath the vehicle. The vehicle thus provides fast, convenient and safe transport across frozen bodies of water.
Claims12
A buoyant vehicle comprising:
- (a) a chassis;
- (b) a running gear selection capable of being detachably connected to said chassis;
- (c) an engine;
- (d) a drive system assembly capable of being detachably connected to said engine and to said running gear;
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- (e) a buoyant housing device, dimensioned and configured to house an associated buoyant device with sufficient buoyancy to support an associated passenger and the entire vehicle in a body of water, attached to said chassis.
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A buoyant vehicle comprising:
- (a) a chassis;
- (b) a running gear selection capable of being detachably connected to said chassis;
- (c) an engine capable of being detachably connected to said chassis;
- (d) a drive system assembly capable of being detachably connected to said engine and to said running gear;
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- (e) a buoyant housing device capable of being detachably connected to an associated buoyant device with sufficient buoyancy to support an associated passenger and the entire vehicle in a body of water.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.