Watercraft cart system
AssigneeConfluence Outdoor, LLC
InventorsHans Eric Nutz, Lee Patrick Ward, Matthew Montaruli
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Abstract
A cart system for a watercraft, a watercraft with the cart system, and a method of transporting a watercraft using the cart system. The cart system has a skid plate configured to be fixedly mounted to a hull of the watercraft, and a wheeled cart removably attachable to the skid plate. The skid plate remains attached to the hull during use of the watercraft in the water. The wheeled cart is attached to the skid plate during launch of the watercraft and the wheeled cart is removed from the skid plate during use of the watercraft in the water.
Claims19
A cart system for a watercraft, comprising:
- a skid plate configured to be fixedly mounted to a hull of the watercraft;
- and
- a wheeled cart removably attachable to the skid plate,
- wherein the skid plate remains attached to the hull during use of the watercraft in the water, and the wheeled cart is attached to the skid plate during launch of the watercraft and the wheeled cart is removed from the skid plate during use of the watercraft in the water.
A portable watercraft, comprising:
- a shell having a hull;
- a skid plate fixedly mounted to the hull of the shell;
- and
- a wheeled cart removably attachable to the skid plate;
- wherein the skid plate remains attached to the hull during use of the shell in the water, and
- wherein the wheeled cart is attached to the skid plate during launch of the shell and the wheeled cart is removed from the skid plate during use of the shell in the water.
A method of transporting a watercraft, the watercraft having a skid plate attached to a hull of the watercraft, the method comprising:
- attaching a wheeled cart directly to the skid plate, the wheeled cart comprising at least one wheel;
- and
- pulling the watercraft such that the at least one wheel supports a portion of the weight of the watercraft and rolls along the terrain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.