Rafts

Claim 1

IN A RAFT OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED THE COMBINATION OF A PAIR OF OPPOSED PONTOONS EACH EXTENDING THE FULL LENGTH OF THE RAFT, COOPERATING MEANS CARRIED BY EACH PONTOON AND CONNECTING SAID PONTOONS TO ONE ANOTHER SO THAT THEY MAY BE DRAWN TOWARD AND EXTENDED FROM ONE ANOTHER AND LOCKED IN POSITIONS RELATIVELY NEAR AND RELATIVELY REMOTE WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER, A SUPPORTING AND CARRYING WHEEL EXTERIORLY OF AND EXTENDING BELOW THE LOWER SURFACE OF EACH PONTOON FOR SUPPORTING THE RAFT WHEN ITS PONTOONS ARE IN THEIR RELATIVELY NEAR POSITION, HITCH MEANS CARRIED BY THE PONTOONS WHEN IN SAID RELATIVELY NEAR POSITIONS, A DECK FORMED OF SECTIONS SUPERIMPOSABLE ON ONE ANOTHER WHEN THE PONTOONS ARE IN THEIR RELATIVELY NEAR POSITIONS AND LATERALLY POSITIONABLE WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER WHEN THE PONTOONS ARE IN THEIR RELATIVELY REMOTE POSITIONS, AN UPSTANDING FENCE ON EACH PONTOON OUTWARDLY OF THE DECK, A PLURALITY OF ROOF UPRIGHTS CARRIED BY THE FENCE AT EACH SIDE OF THE DECK, SAID ROOF UPRIGHTS BEING CARRIED BY SAID FENCE SO AS TO BE VERTICALLY SHIFTABLE FROM A LOWER INOPERATIVE TO AN UPPER OPERATIVE POSITION ROOF RAFTERS PIVOTALLY CARRIED BY THE UPPER ENDS OF EACH SIDE FENCE, ROOF UPRIGHTS WITH SAID ROOF RAFTERS EXTENDING