Patent ID: 6840825
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: B60F,B60P

Abstract:
1. An amphibious recreational vehicle comprising: a rooftop fold-down flying bridge deck consisting of a bulwarks on multiple sides of the roof top, a plurality of fold-down safety rails on multiple sides of the rooftop, and a plurality of fold-down seating affixed to the rooftop; a rooftop steering station within the rooftop fold-down flying bridge deck; a cabin below the rooftop fold-down flying bridge deck; an expandable width watertight hull below the cabin which consists of outer-hulls hinged to a central hull, when expanded, forms a one-piece wide-beam modified cathedral planing hull comprising: a central hull; an outer-hull on each longitudinal side of the central hull; a plurality of planing surfaces on the hulls; a plurality of land travel wheels within the outer-hulls; a hinge mechanism coupling the outer-hulls as to be pivotally positioned under the central hull for land travel, and positioned adjacent to the central hull for water travel while also raising the land travel wheels out of the water; a powered actuator to pivot the hulls between the land travel and water travel positions where the powered actuator is fully above the waterline for water travel; a ground effects lifting tunnel between the hulls; and a provision for marine propulsion.