Patent ID: 9085345
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: B60P,B63B

Abstract:
1. A water vessel comprising: a hull having a front end, an aft end, a starboard side, a port side, a bottom, a curved bow at the front end, and a stern at the aft end, the curved bow being movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration; a deck in the region of the curved bow; and a ramp located between the hull and the deck, wherein the ramp comprises a first ramp portion and a second ramp portion, both portions stored adjacent in the same plane parallel to the deck in a retracted position, the ramp moveable outward from under the deck while being parallel with the deck, when the curved bow is in the open configuration, to an extended position in which the ramp extends outward from the front end of the hull, wherein the second ramp portion is pivotable relative to the first ramp portion, both the first and second ramp portions extending from the front end of the hull and the first ramp portion remaining parallel to the deck and the second ramp dropping at an angle downward relative to the first ramp portion.