Patent ID: 6824155
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
An auxiliary two-component wheel arrangement for a boat comprising:an elongated base having a central passageway terminating at an upper end of said base and at a lower end of said base; a linear strut movably disposed in said passageway and having a pivot end and a wheel end rotatably carrying a pneumatic wheel; said base having an open tapered upper notch at said upper end and an open tapered lower notch at said lower end; a pivot pin fixedly secured to said pivot end of said strut and having outwardly extending opposite ends in slidable relationship with respect to said base; said strut having a position pin outwardly projecting from opposite sides of said strut midway between said pivot end and said wheel end; said strut movable laterally from said passageway about said pivot pin for inserting said position pin into either said upper notch or said lower notch; said pneumatic wheel provides buoyancy when submerged to urge said strut into said passageway and to urge said position pin into said lower notch; and a limit stop pin fixedly secured on said base midway between said upper end and said lower end and crossing said passageway to prevent travel of said pivot pin towards said lower end of said base.