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US 8,025,540 B2Granted
Amphibian
AssigneeGibbs Technologies Limited
InventorAlan Timothy Gibbs
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Abstract
An amphibian with a planing hull having three wheel stations, two at the front of the vehicle and one centrally located at the rear of the vehicle. The amphibian is propelled on land by at least one wheel and in water by at least one impeller or propeller.
Claims11
An amphibian for use in land and marine modes comprising:
- a planing hull;
- three wheel stations, two of the three wheel stations being front wheel stations provided one on each side of and in the front half of the amphibian, and the third wheel station being a rear wheel station provided in a central region in the rear half of the amphibian;
- at least one wheel provided at each wheel station, each wheel being movable between a protracted land mode position and a retracted marine mode position;
- land propulsion means to propel the amphibian on land in the land mode, the land propulsion means comprising at least one of the wheels;
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- marine propulsion means to propel the amphibian on water in the marine mode, the marine propulsion means comprising at least two impellers or propellers provided one on each side of the rear wheel station.
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An amphibian for use in land and marine modes comprising:
- a planing hull;
- three wheel stations, two of the three wheel stations being front wheel stations provided one on each side of and in the front half of the amphibian, and the third wheel station being a rear wheel station provided in a central region in the rear half of the amphibian;
- at least one wheel provided at each wheel station, each wheel being movable between a protracted land mode position and a retracted marine mode position;
- land propulsion means to propel the amphibian on land in the land mode, the land propulsion means comprising at least one of the wheels;
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- marine propulsion means to propel the amphibian on water in the marine mode, the marine propulsion means comprising at least one impeller or propeller, wherein:
- the land propulsion means is independent of the marine propulsion means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.