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US 4,059,282 AGranted
Boat bow dolly
OwnerErvin Prickettinventor
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Abstract
A dolly for wheeling a boat from a car to a body of water and back including a wheel on a bracket removably received within a slot formed by a pair of depending flanges on a mounting plate secured to the bow of the boat. The bracket is removably locked in place in the slot between the flanges by a pair of spring clips on the plate in front of and in back of the slot. The wheel bracket and wheel is removable from the slot when the boat is launched into the water by raising the wheel bracket to clear one of the clips at the front of the slot.
Claims4
A dolly for transporting a boat over a surface comprising:
- a substantially planar mounting plate adapted to be secured to the bow of a boat, and
- a wheel bracket including a wheel rotatably mounted thereon removably secured to said mounting plate, said mounting plate including
- depending flange means forming a slot for receiving said wheel bracket, and
- means for removably locking said wheel bracket on said plate in said slot, said removable locking means including a substantially U-shaped resilient clip on said mounting plate in front and back of said slot, said clips including a free leg and a bight portion facing each other and said slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.