Wheel support for bow end of a boat
AssigneeRecreation Industries Company
InventorGeorge A. Montooth
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Abstract
A wheeled body member is arranged to be attained to the bow of a boat and such body member has two positions one of which holds the wheeled support in a raised position allowing normal operation of the boat and the other of which holds the wheeled support in a lowered ground engaging position. The body member has a hitch so that it can be releasably secured to a towing vehicle. A brake mechanism is provided to prevent rearward rotation of the wheel when desired. In one embodiment, mounting arms are employed having releasable ball-type connectors which permit them to be readily removed from the boat. This embodiment has adjustments adapting it to different sizes and shapes of boats.
Claims4
A wheel support assembly for a pointed bow, V-bottom boat comprising
- (a) a body member having forward and rearward ends and opposite sides,
- (b) a wheel on said body member,
- (c) a pair of arms having opposite ends,
- (d) means connecting one end of said arms to respective sides of said body member,
- (e) connecting means on the other end of said arms arranged to connect said other end to opposite sides of a boat rearwardly of the bow,
- (f) abutting means on each side of said body member rearwardly of the connection of said arms to said body member,
- (g) said arms bearing forcibly outwardly against said abutting means intermediate their ends to cause said other ends of said arms to push inwardly against its side of a boat and provide a laterally rigid draft connection between said body member and a boat,
- (h) link means intermediate said arms having opposite ends,
- (i) connecting means on one end of said link means connecting said link means to said body member,
- (j) and connecting means on the other end of said link means arranged to connect said other end of said link means to an upper point of the bow of a boat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.