Tilting frame fold away swing boom skiff lift

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1999-10-13

2000-08-01

Morano, S. Joseph

Ships

Life craft handling device, apparatus, or implement

Davit

114365, B63B 2300, B63B 2302

Patent

active

060950803

ABSTRACT:
A transom mounted tilting frame fold away swing boom skiff lift for launching, retrieving and stowage of a tender or skiff on a larger yacht comprised of a twin swing boom davit arrangement contained within a tilting frame wherein the swing booms pivot on a common hinge allowing them to swing apart providing for suspended attachment of a skiff in the upright position or swing together forming compact nested configuration that can be folded aside when not in use clearing the yacht transom area for unrestricted access. The swing boom arrangement being substantially contained and pivotally attached to a double leg frame structure Frame structure to have pivotal bases mounted to the transom or swim step of a yacht allowing the frame structure to be tilted out and away from the transom of the yacht or upright and adjacent to the transom of the yacht. A motor box constructed integral to the top section of the tilting frame houses a motorized cable drum. One end of the cable being wound on the drum and the other anchored to a point on the yachts transom or aft section. A switch located in the aft section of the yacht activates the motorized cable drum. The drum rotates to play out cable, tilting the skiff lift back and down toward the water for launch or retrieval, or back in, returning the skiff lift back to the upright position adjacent to the yachts transom where swing booms can be nested and swung to one side clearing the swim step or stem area of the yacht.

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