Patent ID: 9168983
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: B63B,B63H

Abstract:
1. A recreational vehicle barge comprising; a generally rectangular barge including a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall, a right wall, a deck and a bottom hull, said barge including at least one ballast tank at each corner of said barge, each one of said ballast tanks being in fluid communication with a barge leveling pump unit, said barge leveling pump being in fluid communication with outside water, said pump unit receiving power from a recreational vehicle resting on said barge deck in electrical communication therewith through electrical cables connected to a junction box of said recreational vehicle; said deck including a pair of cradles, each one containing at least one pair of spaced apart parallel rotatable cylinders capable of supporting a driving wheel of said recreational vehicle, said at least one pair of spaced apart parallel rotatable cylinders in rotational cooperation engagement with said driving wheel, said at least one of said pair of spaced apart parallel rotatable cylinders connecting to means for cooperatively engaging and driving at least one gearbox, said at least one gearbox powering a means for propulsion selected from the group consisting of propeller, a water pump, and combinations thereof disposed at a lower rear of said barge, said driving wheel rotating said at least one pair of spaced apart parallel rotatable cylinders upon engaging an engine and transmission within said recreational vehicle in cooperative engagement with said driving wheel, said at least one pair of spaced apart parallel rotatable cylinders providing a means for positioning said recreational vehicle, said deck including a tie down for engaging at least one attachment point of said recreational vehicle securing same to said deck; said barge including at least one steering rudder and rudder assembly located downstream of said means of propulsion, said rudder being controlled by a rudder control means including a control unit removably mounted on a steering wheel within the recreational vehicle; said barge including means of throttle control comprising a control unit removably mounted on a steering wheel of said recreational vehicle, said control unit being capable of controlling a speed at which said drive wheels turn by controlling a throttle of said engine powering said recreational vehicle; including a traction plate capable of being raised and held to a position between said parallel cylinders to a top surface of said parallel cylinders for the purpose of improving traction available to said drive wheels of said recreational vehicle as said drive wheels move to and from a position between said parallel cylinders, said traction plates being capable of retracting to a position under said parallel cylinders and below a bottom surface of said drive wheels after said recreational vehicle is loaded onto said barge; and said barge including a drop down jack assembly on each of a front corner of said barge for stabilizing said hull on a boat ramp during on and off loading of said recreational vehicle and at least one winch and cable unit for securing said barge to a stationary object on shore when loading or unloading said recreational vehicle.