Patent ID: 7225748
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: B63B,B63G

Abstract:
1. An articulated boat, comprising: a pair of pontoons; a central cabin; a first pair of struts mounted at one end to a first pair of pivot points separated by a first distance along a portion of the central cabin, the first pair of struts mounted at another end to a second pair of pivot points separated by a second distance along a first portion of one of the pontoons, the first pair of struts and first and second distances forming a parallelogram, one of the struts of the first pair of struts forming an acute angle with the corresponding one of the pontoons; a second pair of struts mounted at one end to a third pair of pivot points separated by a third distance along another portion of the central cabin, the second pair of struts mounted at another end to a pair of pivot points separated by a fourth distance along a first portion of the other one of the pontoons, the second pair of struts and the third and fourth distances and second distances forming a parallelogram; one or more motors for changing an elevation between the central cabin and the pair of pontoons and a fifth distance between the pontoons; and a pair of engines for moving the boat through the water.