Patent ID: 7637223
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for transporting a vessel, the apparatus comprising: (a) a base comprising a substantially planar frame having at least one cross rail extending laterally across said frame, said base being attachable to the vessel; (b) a first wheel support hingedly mounted to said frame; (c) at least one slider being slidably connectable to said at least one cross rail and wherein said first wheel support is hingedly connected to said slider; and (d) a wheel rotatably mountable to said first wheel support; such that said first wheel support and said wheel are slidably and hingedly movable in a lateral direction with respect to said frame between a first transport configuration wherein said wheel support and said wheel are oriented substantially perpendicular to said frame, and a second collapsed configuration wherein said wheel support and said wheel are oriented substantially parallel to and coplanar with said frame; and wherein when said base is attached to the vessel and the apparatus is configured in said first transport configuration, the apparatus is operable at said wheel to support the vessel substantially midway laterally beneath the underside of the vessel, and said first wheel support and said at least one slider are situated beneath the underside of the vessel and are slidably and hingedly movable within a lateral range of motion beneath the underside of the vessel.