Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1993-05-14
1994-11-01
Hill, Mitchell J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
414534, B60P 310
Patent
active
053602269
ABSTRACT:
The Grab and Center Boat Loading System is a centering guide system which helps one person load a boat on a boat trailer with no other person assisting. The system consists of two side mounted, spring loaded, rotating guides and one front mounted fixed standing guide which may be mounted on most boat trailers. Because each side mounted guide is designed to rotate forward and down if struck from the aft or stand and hold if struck from the side direction, this system helps a person safely load even large boats without any assistance. If, while being loaded, the boat rams one of the guides from the aft direction, the guide will rotate forward and down rather than damage the boat or itself. It will then begin to raise back up and begin to center the boat over the trailer. Once both side guides are standing with the boat confined between them, the boater then simply points the bow toward the front mounted guide and drives the boat slowly and safely to the front of the trailer. After the boat is secured at the bow, the boat and trailer may be pulled out of the water. As the trailer comes out of the water, the side mounted guides will allow the boat to come to rest at or near the center of the trailer. So well does this system work that the boater may even use it to load boats in waters where current and wind would otherwise make it very difficult.
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