Patent ID: 9352626
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: B60F

Claim Text:
1. A multi-purpose boat operative upon hard surfaces and in water, comprising: a boat hull defining a substantially water impervious barrier between an operatively occupied boat interior and said water when said boat traverses said water; at least three retractable wheels operative in a first extended position to support said boat hull above and distal to said hard surfaces when said boat traverses said hard surfaces, and operative in a second retracted position to position said boat hull on to said hard surfaces; at least one propeller operatively rotating and thereby propelling said boat hull through said water; at least one drive motor for operatively propelling said boat hull through at least one of said at least three retractable wheels and said at least one propeller; at least one ice fishing portal operative in a first open position to permit ice fishing access through said boat hull and operative in a second closed position to maintain said boat hull substantially water impervious, said at least one ice fishing portal coplanar with a bottom of said boat hull and thereby on an ice surface when said at least three retractable wheels are in said second retracted position above said ice surface.