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The invention relates to a personal watercraft carrier for transporting personal watercraft such as jet skis, wave runners and the like, into and out of the water. The personal watercraft carrier has a conventional carrier frame, which includes rail supports for the watercraft, and a tongue having a

The invention relates to a personal watercraft carrier for transporting personal watercraft such as jet skis, wave runners and the like, into and out of the water. The personal watercraft carrier has a conventional carrier frame, which includes rail supports for the watercraft, and a tongue having a handle for pushing or pulling the carrier, and is supported by one or more axles, which rotatably mount large-surface wheels. The wheels support the weight of the watercraft and carrier while traveling over soft terrain e.g. sand. The wheels are constructed so that the carrier as a whole has neutral or negative-buoyancy. As a result of the neutral or negative-buoyancy of the carrier, the carrier can drop away as the depth of the water increases, thus enabling the watercraft to be easily removed from the carrier. Similarly, the carrier can be positioned below the surface of the water for retrieval of the watercraft. The watercraft can then be easily floated into position over the carrier for retrieval.In one embodiment, the wheels are open so that water freely flows into the wheels. The large-surface wheels are typically constructed of a heavy-duty, dense plastic or metal and have a cylindrical rim and a disk or a number of spokes extending perpendicularly inward from the rim with gussets to the cylindrical surface.The carrier also includes rails that can be extended with a tongue-and-groove construction to accommodate longer watercraft, or multiple watercraft, on one carrier.

대표청구항 ▼

1. A personal watercraft carrier having a carrier frame, the carrier frame having rail supports for watercraft, a tongue for pushing or pulling the carrier, and one or more axles mounting wheels for rolling movement of the carrier frame over a surface, the improvement wherein the wheels have an oute

1. A personal watercraft carrier having a carrier frame, the carrier frame having rail supports for watercraft, a tongue for pushing or pulling the carrier, and one or more axles mounting wheels for rolling movement of the carrier frame over a surface, the improvement wherein the wheels have an outer rolling surface wherein the ratio of the width to the diameter of the wheels outer rolling surface is greater than 0.6 so that the carrier with a watercraft mounted thereon is easily rolled over soft surfaces such as sand for depositing the watercraft in the water, the wheels being constructed so the carrier as a whole has neutral or negative buoyancy, whereby when the carrier with watercraft is rolled into the water for launching the watercraft, the carrier drops away from the watercraft as the depth of the water increases, and the carrier can be rolled into the water to be positioned under the watercraft for removing the watercraft from the water.