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AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE

  • US 3,661,114 A
  • Filed: 06/08/1970
  • Issued: 05/09/1972
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vehicle adapted for land travel and for water travel and for forming floating platforms, said vehicle comprising an elongated floatable box-like main body forming a frame for the vehicle and having ground wheels at opposite ends, a pair of floatable box-like auxiliary first bodies extending longitudinally along the top of said main body in side by side relation, a floatable box-like auxiliary second body extending along the top of each said first body, elements of first pivot means at the sides of said main body and the adjacent sides of said second bodies for pivotally connecting said main body to said second bodies for pivotal movement of said first and second bodies as a unit 180* outwardly on the main body to a position at the side of said main body wherein the now upwardly facing surface of the respective first body forms a lateral extension of the upper surface of said main body, elements of second pivot means at the sides of said main body and the adjacent sides of said second bodies for pivotally connecting said main body to said second bodies for pivotal movement of said second bodies 180* outwardly on the main body to a position wherein the now upwardly facing surface of the respective second body forms a lateral extension of the upper surface of said main body, and elements of third pivot means on said first and second bodies pivotally connecting each first body to the pertaining second Body for pivotal movement of the first body 180* outwardly on the pertaining second body when the latter is pivoted outwardly on said main body about said second pivot means, the last mentioned pivotal movement of said first body moving the first body to a position upper surface of the said first body forms a lateral continuation of the upper surface of the pertaining second body.

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