Disclosed is an amphibious vessel, adapted to travel on water, and through deployment of retractable gear is adapted to travel on land. The vessel has a hull and retractable gear for movement on the land. The retractable gear includes at least one 5 forward mounted leg, pivotally mounted from the hull at one end, and at an distal a first wheel, at least one rearward mounted leg, pivotally mounted from the hull at one end, and at an opposing end a second wheel. The forward mounted leg, and the rearward mounted leg, have a first position whereby they are retracted at or toward the hull via their respective pivotal mounts, and a second position whereby they are 10 extended away from the hull via their respective pivotal mounts such that they can engage with a land surface to allow travel thereon. The forward mounted leg and the rearward mounted leg, and or their respective wheels, when in the first position are surrounded at least in part on four sides by the hull. FiurA Figure 1~
IMPROVEMENTS IN, OR RELATED TO, AMPHIBIOUS VESSELS
2019-12-19
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60F VEHICLES FOR USE BOTH ON RAIL AND ON ROAD , Fahrzeuge für den Verkehr sowohl auf Schienen als auch auf Straßen |
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