Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – With wheeled buoyant landing or launching aid
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-05
2001-02-06
Sotelo, Jesus D. (Department: 3617)
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
With wheeled buoyant landing or launching aid
C405S002000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06182597
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to boat launch systems and more particularly pertains to a new boat launch apparatus for moving various sized trailers up and down an incline.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of boat launch systems is known in the prior art. More specifically, boat launch systems heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,215,405; U.S. Pat. No. 3,058,312; U.S. Pat. No. 2,395,423; U.S. Pat. No. 3,238,733; U.S. Pat. No. 1,316,831; and U.S. Pat. Des. No. 278,753.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new boat launch apparatus. The inventive device includes a first rail assembly having a proximal and distal end. A second rail assembly substantially identical to the first rail assembly positioned generally parallel to the first rail assembly. The area between the first and second rail assemblies defines an interior area. A plurality of connecting rods connects the first rail assembly to the second rail assembly. The rods extend between the first and second rail assemblies. The rods each have a first end and a second end. Each of the first ends of the rods is fixedly coupled to an interior portion of the first rail assembly, and each of the second ends of the rods is fixedly coupled to the interior portion of the second rail assembly. The first and second ends of the rods are removably coupled such that the rods are adaptable to have a variable length. A plurality of adjustable height legs supports the rail assemblies. The trailer has a plurality of axles, each having a longitudinal axis is orientated generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first rail assembly. An elongate bar connects the axles. The axles each have a pair of ends. Each end of an axle has a wheel thereon. The wheels are adapted to roll on the rail assemblies.
In these respects, the boat launch apparatus according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of moving various sized trailers up and down an incline.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of boat launch systems now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new boat launch apparatus construction wherein the same can be utilized for moving various sized trailers up and down an incline.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new boat launch apparatus apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the boat launch systems mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new boat launch apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art boat launch systems, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a first rail assembly having a proximal and distal end. A second rail assembly substantially identical to the first rail assembly positioned generally parallel to the first rail assembly. The area between the first and second rail assemblies defines an interior area. A plurality of connecting rods connects the first rail assembly to the second rail assembly. The rods extend between the first and second rail assemblies. The rods each have a first end and a second end. Each of the first ends of the rods is fixedly coupled to an interior portion of the first rail assembly, and each of the second ends of the rods is fixedly coupled to the interior portion of the second rail assembly. The first and second ends of the rods are removably coupled such that the rods are adaptable to have a variable length. A plurality of adjustable height legs supports the rail assemblies. The trailer has a plurality of axles, each having a longitudinal axis is orientated generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first rail assembly. An elongate bar connects the axles. The axles each have a pair of ends. Each end of an axle has a wheel thereon. The wheels are adapted to roll on the rail assemblies.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new boat launch apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the boat launch systems mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new boat launch apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art boat launch systems, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new boat launch apparatus which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new boat launch apparatus which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new boat launch apparatus which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such boat launch apparatus economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new boat launch apparatus which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new boat launch apparatus for moving various sized trailers up and down an incline.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new boat launch apparatus which includes a first rail ass
D'eon Margaret R.
Maxwell Albert D. S.
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