초록 ▼

Twin-hulled boats such as SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull) boats are designed and built to be so dimensioned as to fit transportably and removably atop the sidewalls of the open bodies or beds of various vehicles such as pickup trucks, trailers and the like. The horizontal deck and substantia

Twin-hulled boats such as SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull) boats are designed and built to be so dimensioned as to fit transportably and removably atop the sidewalls of the open bodies or beds of various vehicles such as pickup trucks, trailers and the like. The horizontal deck and substantially solid hulls or struts of the boat provide a cover, closure or “cap”for the truck bed while installed. Such boats can be easily removed from the truck bed for use or storage. In one embodiment, the twin hulls have a cross section which is a hybrid of the relatively wide, shallow hulls of a catamaran and the narrow, deep struts attached to the lower flotation hulls of a SWATH boat. In the SWATH embodiment, the flotation hulls can be removed for separate transport, the struts themselves being secured atop the sidewalls, or the hulls can be left installed and themselves secured to said sidewalls.

대표청구항 ▼

A twin-hulled boat having twin hull means attached to a substantially solid deck structure and descending substantially vertically downward from the lower surface thereof, said boat being so dimensioned as to fit transportably and removably in an upright position atop a vehicle body having an open b

A twin-hulled boat having twin hull means attached to a substantially solid deck structure and descending substantially vertically downward from the lower surface thereof, said boat being so dimensioned as to fit transportably and removably in an upright position atop a vehicle body having an open bed and sidewalls therefor so as to form a closure therefor, said solid deck structure thereby serving as the top portion of said closure and said twin hull means forming left and right side portions of said closure and comprising securing means having mechanical interlocks and tensioning means for securing said boat/closure transportably and removably in place atop said sidewalls.