Wheels and assembly for a boat

Claim 1

A wheel assembly for a boat comprising a substantially U-shaped framework for vertical attachment to the stern of a boat, a substantially Y-shaped support bar having a pair of spaced apart arms fitted inside said U-shaped framework and slidably mounted for movement along the framework and a leg extending from said arms, a plurality of wheels mounted on the outer end of the leg of the support bar, a pivot means extending through said U-shaped framework and through elongate slots in the ends of said arms, said arms pivotally mounting said support bar to said framework with said slots permitting the support bar to move along said framework, means for locking the support bar and framework together including a transverse pin across the arms of the support bar and a plurality of notches in the ends of the U-shaped framework, said notches being adapted to lockingly receive the transverse pin after the support bar moves and thereby hold the wheels in contact with the road or upwardly in the air, and a spring between the support bar and the U-shaped framework for resiliently separating the bar and the framework a distance equal to the elongated slots to thereby assist in inserting the pin in the notches.