Pontoon boat

Claim 1

A pontoon boat, comprising in combination, a rectangular main frame having a deck thereupon, said main frame including a pair of longitudinally telescopic tubes and a plurality of four transverse telescoping tubes, said transverse telescoping tubes being sidewardly extendible beyond a side edge of said main frame, outward extended sections of said transverse telescoping tubes each being secured to a mounting frame, said mounting frame being secured to two pontoons, each of which is made of a standard canoe, and said pontoons consisting of said canoes being filled with a suitable light weight and cellular flotation material, said canoes being covered so as to be watertight and serving as a strong decking, each said outward section of said transverse telescoping tubes being hingedly pivotable, so that said pontoons are pivotable between a position along each side of said main frame and a position upon said deck; a strengthener being insertable into each of said transverse telescoping tubes for bridging said hinge, in order to rigidly lock said outward section thereof to a remainder of said transverse telescoping tube; a pair of wheel assemblies being pivotally attached to an underside of said main frame for being upwardly retracted out of the way, or in a downwardly extended position for travel upon a highway, said wheel assemblies in downward extended position being secured by braces; said pontoon boat including a forwardly telescoping tongue for attachment to a towing vehicle, said pontoon boat including a forwardly pivotable ladder secured by a hinge to a forward edge of said deck; and a removeable rail around a periphery of said deck being comprised of a plurality of railing sections spaced apart end to end, each one of said railing sections being comprised of three vertical posts and a pair of panels, both of which are supported pivotally by hinge means from a center of said posts.