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Apparatus for loading and unloading passengers from watercraft

  • US 5,033,392 A
  • Filed: 03/21/1990
  • Issued: 07/23/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for loading and unloading passengers from watercraft moveable along a predetermined path in a body of water, comprising:

  • means for guiding watercraft in a predetermined path through a body of water;

    a substantially planar platform mounted along said predetermined path for rotation about an axis substantially perpendicular to he plane of said platform and with said plane of said platform extending obliquely to said predetermined path of aid watercraft such that a portion of said platform is submerged in said body of water; and

    means for rotating said platform;

    whereby a watercraft traveling along said predetermined path is engaged by a section of said rotation platform as aid rotating platform surfaces from a submerged position, is carried by said platform as the platform rotates, and is disengaged from the section of said rotating platform at a point of disengagement as the platform section submerges.

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