Jet ski transporter carriage and related methods
OwnerKeven Taylorinventor
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Abstract
A transporter carriage upon which a jet ski is securely placed and related methods. The transporter carriage comprises rails forming part of a framework, the rails being shaped to compatibly receive the jet ski, and releasibly interchangeable support systems which provide carriage support and mobility.
Claims48
A manually manipulable jet ski ground and vehicle supported transport carriage for a loading and unloading into a bed of a pick-up truck the combination of the carriage and a jet ski superimosed thereon by one person, safe and stable hauling of the combination from a shoreline site, unloading and subsequent displacement of the combination from the shoreline site to water's edge, detachment of the jet ski from the carriage into water and reattachment thereat, the jet ski transport carriage comprising framework means comprising longitudinally-directed members having a length less than that of said pick-up truck bed and a width no greater than one half that of said pick-up truck bed, the longitudinally-directed members comprising means sized, shaped, and laterally spaced to matingly receive and essentially contiguously support in a superimposed, stable relationship, the jet ski thereon, lateral support members interconnecting with the longitudinally-directed members in load transferring relationship and support means interposed between the framework means and a support surface including the bed of the pick-up whereby said load is transferred through the support means, said support means comprising means removably interconnecting the support means to the lateral support members.
A method of safely and stably loading a jet ski upon a carriage for manual manipulation of the combination by one person comprising the steps of:
- manually wheeling the carriage to a site where the jet ski is located;
- manually manipulating the jet ski until the jet ski is superimposed contiguously in stable relationship above the carriage in such a way that the contiguous relationship is congruent;
- releasably connecting the jet ski to the carriage;
- manually unitarily wheeling the combined connected jet ski/carriage combination to a vehicle site;
- manually loading the combination upon a bed of the vehicle;
- dewheeling the carriage and interposing static supports between the carriage and the bed.
In combination, a jet ski and a jet ski carriage for manual loading into and unloading out of a bed of a vehicle as a unit, the bed having a length and a width:
- the jet ski having a width and comprising a leading end, a trailing end and a bottom, the bottom comprising longitudinally-extending exterior concave surface means, the jet ski resting gravitationally upon the carriage;
- the jet ski carriage having a width similar to the width of the jet ski and substanially less than the width of the bed, a length less than the length of the bed and including framework means comprising spaced longitudinally-directed convex members matingly contiguously engaging the exterior concave surface means of the jet ski in stable relationship;
- laterally-directed spaced support members interconnected to the longitudinally-directed members in load transferring relation and support means manually removably carried by the framework means so as to be interposed in load transferring relation between the framework means and the bed.
A method manually uniting, unitarily transporting and disuniting a jet ski and a jet ski carriage practicable by one person, comprsing the steps of:
- manually displacing the jet ski over the jet ski carriage unit longitudinally-extending bottom grooves of the jet ski are contiguously and co-extensively superimposed over spaced cylindrically-shaped longitudinal members of the jet ski carriage in safe and stable load transferring relation;
- manually wheeling the jet ski carriage and the jet ski superimposed thereon, as a combination, to a vehicle site;
- manually loading the combination as a unit at the vehicle site causing the combination to rest in a safe and stable condition upon a bed of a vehicle;
- transporting the combination in the bed of the vehicle in a safe and stable condition from the vehicle to a launch site adjacent to a water shoreline;
- manually unloading the combination from the bed of the vehicle to a ground engaging position at the launch site;
- manually wheeling the combination from an unloaded ground engaging position to the water edge;
- placing the combination in the water;
- separating the jet ski from the jet ski carriage in the water adjacent to the shoreline and launching the jet ski.
A method of manually uniting, unitarily transporting and disuniting a jet ski and a jet ski carriage practicable by one person, comprising the steps of:
- displacing the jet ski independently across water to a shoreline site;
- manually placing the jet ski in stable superimposed relationship upon the carriage at a water's edge so that longitudinally-extending grooves of the jet ski are contiguously and co-extensively superimposed over spaced cylindrically-shaped longitudinal members of the jet ski carriage;
- manually wheeling the combination of the jet ski and superimposed jet ski carriage from the water's edge to a vehicle having a bed;
- manually loading the combination as a unit causing the combination to rest in a safe and stable condition upon the bed of the vehicle;
- transporting the combination in the bed of the vehicle in a safe and stable condition from the vehicle loading site to an unloading site;
- manually unloading the combination from the bed of the vehicle to a ground-engaging position at the unloading site;
- manually wheeling the combination from the unloaded ground engaging position to a jet ski storage site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.