Support for dinghy
OwnerJames F. Den Herderinventor
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Abstract
A boat having a rear transom and a horizontally enlarged platform fixed to the rear transom and projecting rearwardly from an outer rear surface thereof. A dinghy support arrangement is mounted on the platform for supporting an inflatable dinghy adjacent the transom in generally raised relationship above the water. The dinghy support arrangement includes a horizontally and sidewardly spaced pair of enlarged rings for supportingly engaging tapered rear end portions of the inflatable dinghy. Each ring has an opening therethrough for permitting insertion of one of the tapered rear end portions partially therethrough. The pair of rings are fixedly but releasably attached to the swim platform.
Claims23
In a boat having a rear transom and a horizontally enlarged platform fixed to said rear transom and projecting rearwardly from an outer rear surface thereof, the improvement comprising dinghy support means mounted on said platform for supporting an inflatable dinghy adjacent said transom in generally raised relationship above the water, said dinghy support means including a horizontally and sidewardly spaced pair of enlarged ring means for supportingly engaging tapered rear end portions of the inflatable dinghy, each said ring means having an opening therethrough for permitting insertion of one of the tapered rear end portions partially therethrough, and means for fixedly attaching said pair of ring means to said platform.
In a dinghy support means mountable on a boat for supporting an inflatable dinghy having a pair of inflatable side pontoons which terminate in tapered portions at rear free end thereof, the improvement wherein said dinghy support means comprises a pair of dinghy-engaging support ring means for supportingly engaging the tapered portions of said inflatable dinghy, each said support ring means having a through opening for permitting partial insertion of said tapered portion therethrough, said pair of ring means being disposed in sidewardly spaced relationship with the openings thereof being in substantially the same plane, and attachment means for fixedly securing said pair of ring means to a boat in spaced relation from adjacent surfaces of the boat.
In a vehicle having a dinghy support means mounted thereon for supporting a dinghy, the improvement wherein said dinghy support means comprises a pair of dinghy-engaging support members for supportingly engaging rear portions of the dinghy, each support member comprising an enlarged ring defining an opening therethrough for permitting insertion of one of the conical rear end portions of the inflatable dinghy, said pair of support members being disposed in sidewardly spaced relationship, and attachment means for fixedly but releasably securing said pair of support members to said vehicle in spaced relation from adjacent surfaces of said vehicle.
A support device for an inflatable dinghy having inflatable side pontoons provided with substantially conical rear end portions, said support device comprising a pair of substantially identical enlarged rings each defining a large diameter opening extending therethrough, each support ring having an arm fixedly attached thereto and projecting outwardly away from the ring so as to not interfere with insertion of the conical rear end portion into the opening, and attachment means joined to the arms of said pair of rings for fixedly joining the rings in a predetermined sidewardly spaced relationship with respect to one another.
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