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Carriage for watercraft

  • US 4,712,636 A
  • Filed: 05/29/1986
  • Issued: 12/15/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
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1. A carriage for transporting a watercraft on land, comprising:

  • a dolly carrying a watercraft having an inboard prime mover and a power take-off means from that inboard prime mover;

    said dolly having plural wheels including driving wheels, rotatably supported by shafts on said dolly;

    an input shaft connected to said power take-off means to transmit the prime mover'"'"'s power in the form of torque;

    power transmission means fixed on said dolly to transmit torque from said input shaft to said driving wheels,said torque propelling the carriage by being transmitted via said power transmission means from said power take-off means of the watercraft loaded on said dolly to said driving wheels; and

    means for steering said carriage when said carriage is being propelled, said steering means including;

    manual lever means movably mounted on the watercraft;

    a steering means mounted on the carriage; and

    an interlocking means between said manual lever means and said steering means on the carriage for transmitting movement of said watercraft mounted lever means to said steering means to guide the carriage, said manual lever means includes a steering handle bar on the watercraft and levers located on both sides of said steering handle bar on the watercraft and wherein said steering means on the carriage includes clutches on said carriage for controlling the driving wheels, and said interlocking means includes means for transmitting the movement of said manual lever means to said clutches respectively for engaging/disengaging said clutches.

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