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US 9,610,816 B2Granted
Buoyant ice transport vehicle
OwnerKirk J. Matson, James P. Matsoninventors
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Abstract
A collapsible, inexpensive and lightweight vehicle powered by an engine for movement over frozen bodies of water. In one embodiment, an internal combustion engine, a kayak and a drive system assembly comprising detachable studded wheels is detachably connected to a collapsible chassis. The vehicle provides transport across frozen bodies of water and the kayak provides buoyancy sufficient to support the vehicle and a passenger should the ice collapse underneath the vehicle. The vehicle thus provides fast, convenient and safe transport across frozen bodies of water.
Claims20
A buoyant vehicle comprising:
- a chassis
- a running gear selection capable of being detachably connected to the chassis;
- an engine;
- the engine capable of being detachably connected to the chassis;
- an ice auger capable of being connected to the engine;
- a drive system assembly capable of being detachably connected to the engine and to the running gear;
- wherein the drive system assembly comprises a drive shaft capable of being detachably connected to the engine;
- and wherein the drive shaft is dimensioned and configured to drive the drive system;
- and
- a buoyant housing device, dimensioned and configured to house an associated buoyant device with sufficient buoyancy and space to support at least one associated passenger and the entire vehicle in a body of water, attached to said chassis.
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A buoyant vehicle comprising:
- a chassis
- a running gear selection capable of being detachably connected to the chassis;
- an engine;
- the engine capable of being detachably connected to the chassis;
- an ice auger capable of being connected to the engine;
- a drive system assembly capable of being detachably connected to the engine and to the running gear;
- wherein the drive system assembly comprises a drive shaft capable of being detachably connected to the engine;
- and wherein the drive shaft is dimensioned and configured to drive the drive system;
- and
- a buoyant housing device capable of being detachably connected to an associated buoyant device with sufficient buoyancy and space to support at least one associated passenger and the entire vehicle in a body of water.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.