Vessel Having a Retractable Cursor Frame Assembly

摘要

This invention relates to a vessel having an extendable and retractable cursor frame assembly for deploying other vessels into a body of water. The retractable cursor frame assembly on the main vessel may be retracted and secured on a module of the main vessel as the main vessel is in transit. When another vessel is to be deployed into the body of water from the main vessel, the cursor frame assembly is then extended into the body of water to facilitate the launch of the other vessel.

主权项

1. A vessel having an extendable and retractable cursor frame assembly comprising:
a first track and a second track, each track having a base portion and a blade portion protruding from the base portion, wherein for each track, an upper half of the track is attached to a module provided on a hull of the vessel via the blade portion of the track and a lower half of the track is attached to the hull of the vessel via the blade portion of the track; a first C-shaped guide rail that slidingly engages the first track and a second C-shaped guide rail that slidingly engages the second track, wherein the first C-shaped guide rail has a length that is shorter than a length of the first track and the second C-shaped guide rail has a length that is shorter than a length of the second track; a first fastening structure provided on the module adjacent a first end of the first track for securing the first C-shaped guide rail; a second fastening structure provided on the module adjacent a first end of the second track for securing the second C-shaped guide rail; and a first brace provided at a second end of the first track for buffering the first C-shaped guide rail and a second brace provided at a second end of the second track for buffering the second C-shaped guide rail.