Vehicle body convertible from a flat bed to a boat carrier

Claim 1

A VEHICLE BODY CONVERTIBLE BETWEEN A BOAT CARRIER AND A FLAT BED COMPRISING A FRAME, A PAIR OF ROAD WHEELS SUPPORTING SAID FRAME AND ROTATABLE ABOUT AN AXIS TRANSVERSE TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE BODY, A PAIR OF ELONGATED FLAT MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID MEMBERS EXTENDING A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE BOTH FORWARDLY AND REARWARDLY OF SAID AXIS AND HAVING DIMENSION TRANSVERSE TO SAID AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN ITS CORRESPONDING DIMENSION PARALLEL TO SAID AXIS, MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FRAME TO SUPPORT SAID MEMBERS IN SAID BY SAID RELATIONSHIP FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN ALTERNATIVE LOAD-BEARING POSITIONS, SAID MEMBERS TOGETHER DEFINING A FLAT BED IN ONE OF SAID POSITIONS AND A BOAT CARRIER HAVING A GENERALLY V-SHAPED CROSS SECTION PARALLEL TO SAID AXIS IN THE OTHER OF SAID POSITIONS, AND ELONGATED BAR MEANS PROVIDING BOAT SUPPORTING PADS ABOVE THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID MEMBERS AND HAVING RELEASABLE CONNECTIONS TO SAID MEMBERS, SAID BAR MEANS INCLUDING FORWARD PORTIONS SPACED APART RELATIVELY NARROWLY AND ORIENTED TO SUPPORT THE NARROW, STEEPLY SLOPED BOTTOM AT THE BOW OF A BOAT AND REARWARD PORTIONS SPACED APART RELATIVELY WIDELY AND ORIENTED TO SUPPORT THE WIDE RELATIVELY FLAT BOTTOM AT THE STERN OF A BOAT.