Patent ID: 6647913
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
In combination:a collapsible boat having alternative first and second configurations, said collapsible boat being wider in said first configuration than in said second configuration, said collapsible boat having a boat deck and including a center pontoon, a first side pontoon and a second side pontoon, said center pontoon, said first side pontoon and said second side pontoon being located below said boat deck with said first side pontoon and said second side pontoon disposed on opposed sides of said center pontoon, said first side pontoon and said second side pontoon being selectively movable toward or away from one another and toward or away from said center pontoon, said first and second side pontoons being further from each other and from said center pontoon when said collapsible boat is in said first configuration than when said collapsible boat is in said second configuration; a transport vehicle for receiving said collapsible boat and for supporting and transporting said collapsible boat on land when said collapsible boat is not afloat, said collapsible boat being complete separable from said transport vehicle whereby said collapsible boat may be placed afloat completely separate from said transport vehicle, said transport vehicle including a transport vehicle frame and movable first and second pontoon supports freely slidable on said transport vehicle frame alternatively toward or away from one another for respectively removably receiving, accommodating and supporting said first side pontoon and said second side pontoon when said transport vehicle supports said collapsible boat and additionally including a third pontoon support fixedly attached to said transport vehicle frame between said first pontoon support and said second pontoon support for removably receiving, accommodating and supporting said center pontoon when said transport vehicle supports said collapsible boat to maintain said center pontoon in fixed position relative to said transport vehicle frame; and mover means on said collapsible boat for selectively causing movement of said first side pontoon and said second side pontoon toward or away from each other and toward and away from said central pontoon and for substantially simultaneously selectively changing the configuration of said boat to either said first configuration or said second configuration, movement of said first side pontoon and said second side pontoon by said mover means causing slidable corresponding movement of said first and second pontoon supports on said transport vehicle frame when said transport vehicle supports said collapsible boat.