This invention relates to canoes, specifically to moving the canoe easily over the terrain by one person.
Originally canoe transportation systems were difficult to manage by one person. The collapsible cart in U.S. Pat. No. 6,164,671 to Dailey, III (2000) or the watercraft carrier in U.S. Pat. No. 6,095,599 to Lambert (2000), are difficult for one person to operate and are cumbersome. These inventors failed to provide the user with a lightweight, easy to use system to move the canoe across the terrain.
The invention, an improved canoe transportation system is lightweight and easy for one person to use. The frame is made of lightweight aluminum with two wheels at the base. It easily slides onto either end of the canoe, and fastens simply with a pin.
Accordingly several objects and advantages of the invention are:
(a) to provide one person with the ease of moving the canoe across terrain;
(b) to move the canoe in such a way that no damage occurs to the underside of the canoe;
(c) to provide the person with the simplest, easiest and most convenient way to move the canoe from one place to another Further objects and advantages are to provide a transportation system which can be used easily and conveniently to move the canoe about without causing any damage to the canoe or undue stress upon the user.
Operation
In operation one uses the CANOE BUDDY by sliding it onto either end of the canoe and fastening it with the pin. The user can then easily move the canoe across the terrain with the lightweight, wheeled device. Once the user has put the oppisite end into the water, the pin is unfastened and the CANOE BUDDY is removed. The CANOE BUDDY can then be placed into the canoe for later use. Moving the canoe with the CANOE BUDDY will not result in any damage to the underside of the Canoe.
Thus the reader will see that the CANOE BUDDY provides a highly reliable, lightweight yet easy to use system enabling one person to move a canoe across terrain easily and without causing damage to the underside of the canoe.
While my above description contains many specificities, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of this invention, but rather as an exemplification of one preferred embodiment thereof Many other variations are possible. For example, the Canoe BUDDY could be adapted to fit models other than Coleman.
Thus the scope of the invention should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents, rather than by the examples given.
This application is entitled to the benefit of Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/315504, filed 2001, Aug. 29.