Patent ID: 8454399

Claim:
An amphibious vehicle having a front, a back, and spaced lateral sides, comprising: a plurality of mounting brackets with at least one of the mounting brackets being attached at each lateral side of the vehicle; a plurality of supports with a support connected with each of the mounting brackets and having inner and outer ends, the inner end being mounted to a respective bracket for rotation of the support about a longitudinal pivot axis between upper and lowered positions, the supports being extendible to move the outer end away from and towards the inner end; first actuators operatively connected respectively between the mounting brackets and supports for effecting pivotal movement of the supports; second actuators operatively connected between respective supports for effecting linear extension of the supports; and, a flotation side hull for each lateral side of the vehicle secured to the outer end of respective supports, wherein the side hulls may be moved selectively from a storage position above the vehicle to a flotation position by operation of the first actuators to rotate the supports outward and downward and extending the supports by operation of the second actuators to adjustably position the side hulls vertically.