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US 12,448,090 · App. 17/805,785 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Combination recreational vehicle and houseboat

Inventor: Ian Matthew Handley (Tarpon Springs, FL)
B63B35/44B63B3/48B63B2003/485B63B2035/4426
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Patent No.
US 12,448,090
App. No.
17/805,785
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A combination recreation vehicle and houseboat having an upper enclosure assembly and a lower floating chassis assembly with a floor system portion, wherein the upper and lower assemblies are movable between a retracted condition and an extended condition independently of each other.

Claims (6)

1. A combination recreation vehicle and houseboat, the combination comprising:

an upper enclosure assembly; and

a lower floating chassis assembly having a floor system portion, wherein a maximum width of the floor system portion is defined by a starboard side and a port side, wherein the upper enclosure assembly is supported by the lower floating chassis assembly, and wherein said assemblies are movable between a retracted condition and an extended condition independently of each other,

whereby, when both assemblies are in the extending condition, an extended width of the upper enclosure assembly projects beyond both the starboard side and the port side, while, when the upper enclosure assembly is in the retracted condition, a retracted width of the upper enclosure assembly is inward of both the starboard side and the port side so that the upper enclosure assembly defines a walkaround center console.

2. The combination of claim 1 , comprising: an extendable flotation system having a floor system portion, wherein the extendable flotation system is movable between a retracted condition and an extended condition; and an upper deck system supported on the floor system portion.

3. The combination of claim 2 , wherein the upper deck system is an additional open deck elevated above the floor system.

Continuity (2)
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