Patent ID: 6695336
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
Apparatus for transporting watercraft with a tow vehicle having a ball hitch, the watercraft having a pair of parallel, spaced-apart pontoons supported under the lower surface of a deck with a front end, each pontoon having an outer surface with a bottom portion, the apparatus comprising:an axle assembly including a beam axle, a pair of wheels mounted for rotation about the beam axle, and a pair of upwardly oriented cradles coupled to the beam axle, the cradles being spaced apart at a distance to receive the bottom portions of the pontoons; and a hitch assembly mounted relative to the lower surface of the deck, the hitch assembly including a hitch bar extending from the front end of the deck and terminating in a cup-shaped receptacle to receive the ball hitch of the tow vehicle.