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US 9,428,252 B1Granted
Pontoon boat driven by PWC
OwnerLarry Brown, Danielle Browninventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a pontoon boats that may couple and be driven by a PWC. The invention further relates to pontoon boats having a portion that moves into an open water recess at the rear of the pontoon boat. The invention further relates to an engagement assembly for securing a PWC to such a pontoon boat.
Claims17
A pontoon boat capable of engaging to and then retracting from a PWC with the pontoon boat, the PWC then being used to navigate the pontoon boat comprising:
- a front end and a rear end,
- an open bay at a rear end of the pontoon, the bay having a first deck,
- the first deck having a securing portion of the first deck, capable of moving towards the PWC that is positioned at least partially in the open bay,
- an engagement mechanism that may compel the securing portion of the first deck to move from an unengaged position to an engaged position in contact with the PWC,
- a release that allows the securing portion to retract to an unengaged position.
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An engagement assembly kit to convert an existing pontoon boat into one that may engage with and be driven by a PWC, the kit comprising:
- a first deck and a second deck, the first deck and second deck to affix to the rear of an existing pontoon boat at the outer part of the pontoon boat so that an open bay is formed between the first deck and second deck,
- at least one deck comprising a securing portion capable of moving towards the open bay,
- an engagement mechanism that compels the securing portion of the boat to move from an unengaged position to an engaged position in contact with the PWC,
- a release that retracts the securing portion of the boat from an engaged position to an unengaged position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.