Patent ID: 7213798

Claim:
A submerged vehicle extractor for removing wheeled vehicles from ice covered waters, said submerged vehicle extractor comprising: a U shaped elongate extractor frame having a length and a width wherein said length is greater than said width and said width is spaced such that said width is less than the width of said submerged vehicle so that said U shaped elongate extractor frame fits between the wheels of said wheeled vehicle, said U shaped elongate extractor frame having a left and right elongate lower horizontal frame member having a rearward portion and a forward portion, a left and right elongate upper horizontal frame member having a rearward portion and a forward portion, a plurality of rail vertical members extending perpendicularly upward from said lower horizontal frame members and fixedly connecting to said upper horizontal frame members and a plurality of body cross member extending perpendicularly sideways from said left lower horizontal frame member to said right lower horizontal frame member, said left and right elongate upper and lower horizontal frame members and said vertical members and said body cross members forming said U shaped elongate extractor frame having an open center portion such that said upper left and right horizontal frame members are the upper portion of the U shaped elongate extractor frame and said left and right elongate lower horizontal frame members are the lower portion of said U shaped elongate extractor frame; an anchor/pivot bar having a length spanning said width of said U shaped elongate extractor frame said anchor/pivot bar having a lower flat surface and an upper surface said upper surface having a left first and second pivot bar mount extending upward from said upper surface removably attached to said left elongate lower horizontal frame member and a right first and second pivot bar mount extending upward from said upper surface removably attached to said right elongate lower horizontal frame member; a powered winch attached to said rearward portion of said elongate extractor frame wherein said powered winch is centered between and within said left and right lower horizontal frame members and fixedly attached to one of said body cross members below said left and right horizontal frame members; and a first and second elongate power feed line attached to said powered winch.