Storage means for watercraft
OwnerDonald Hinzeinventor
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Abstract
The invention provides a apparatus for and a method of storing watercraft above a body of water for extended periods of time, including periods when the body of water is frozen over. The apparatus involves flexible, inflatable, toroidal shaped floatation devices which have bands secured thereto for the purpose of positioning and securing the floatation devices relative to the watercraft. The floatation devices are provided with elongated inflation tubes which enable the inflation of the floatation devices from locations a distance from the floatation devices.
Claims5
An inflatable support apparatus for lifting and supporting a watercraft above a surface for an extended period of time, comprising;
- 1) at least one toroidal shaped inflatable accommodating support body, for lifting and supporting a watercraft above a surface and at least two separate segments of the support body pass under the watercraft,
- 2) securement bands joined with the support body at locations around the perimeter of the support body and said bands serve to position and secure the support body in place relative to the watercraft,
- 3) an inflation means having as a part thereof an elongate tube through which said inflatable support body is inflatable from a location at a distance from the support body.
A method for lifting and storing a watercraft above the surface of a body of water comprising;
- the steps of,
- 1) positioning a flexible, inflatable, toroidal shaped floatation apparatus beneath a watercraft,
- 2) securing the floatation apparatus in position beneath the watercraft by means of bands secured to the floatation apparatus.
- 3) inflating the floatation apparatus until the watercraft is raised above the surface of the body of water, and
- 4) retaining the watercraft raised above the surface of the body of water for an extended period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.