Abstract: A ramp for a pontoon boat on which a boat user can come and go from it without having to get wet. Rotatably attached to the outboard end of the ramp is a cylindrical float which not only keeps the ramp and user afloat but also acts like a roller enabling the ramp to move up on the shore during docking on a typical beach. The ramp includes a support structure attached in most cases to the underside of the boat and a platform slideably connected to the support structure. Rotatably attached to the inboard end of the platform is a rudder which can be turned approximately 90 degrees to the centerline of the ramp. When the rudder is so turned and the boat is in motion, water drag forces acting on the rudder cause the platform to be either extended or retracted relative to the support structure.

Abstract: A ramp assembly for a pontoon boat, or the like, on which a boat user can come and go from the pontoon boat without having to get wet. A cylindrical float, rotatably attached to the free end of the ramp, keeps it and at least one user thereon afloat. Moreover, the float acts like a roller during docking, enabling one to move the ramp, in its extended position, up and onto the shore at most beaches. The ramp assembly comprises a support structure attached to the underside of the boat and a ramp including a platform which is slideably connected to the support structure by a shaft. Bearing blocks suspend the shaft and the platform, which is pivotally connected thereto, horizontally between a pair of rails. Riding on elongated bearing surface tracks mounted within the rails, the bearing blocks allow the platform to be easily extended outwardly from the support structure for use or, alternately, retracted into it for storage. The platform can be readily extended or retracted, as needed, manually.

Abstract: A ramp assembly for a pontoon boat, or the like, on which a boat user can come and go from the pontoon boat without having to get wet. A cylindrical float, rotatably attached to the free end of the ramp, keeps it and at least one user thereon afloat. Moreover, the float acts like a roller during docking, enabling one to move the ramp, in its extended position, up and onto the shore at most beaches. The ramp assembly comprises a support structure attached to the underside of the boat and a ramp including a platform which is slideably connected to the support structure by a shaft. Bearing blocks suspend the shaft and the platform, which is pivotally connected thereto, horizontally between a pair of rails. Riding on elongated bearing surface tracks mounted within the rails, the bearing blocks allow the platform to be easily extended outwardly from the support structure for use or, alternately, retracted into it for storage. The platform can be readily extended or retracted, as needed, manually.

Abstract: An extraction tool for reaching into small passageways such as are found in modern automobile engine compartments to aid in the removal of spark plug boots, fuel injector nozzles, PVC valves and the like. The tool comprises an elongated tubular sleeve having an ellipsoidal transverse cross-section and a pair of juxtaposed, lefthanded and righthanded gripping members. Each gripping member includes an elongated rod, a jaw and a handle, which together comprise a single unitary piece. The rods, which are rotatable, are largely disposed within the sleeve while the jaws and handles are situated outside the sleeve and proximate with first and second ends thereof, respectively. In each gripping member, the jaw extends perpendicularly from the rod and is curved towards the other jaw, the inner surface of each jaw lying along an imaginary arc similar to the arc along which the inner surface of the other jaw lies.