Dynamic boat trailer guide
OwnerPaul Arthur Wilsoninventor
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Abstract
Such a guide control assembly apparatus may have the ability to improve the process of loading a boat onto a boat trailer while in the water. The guide control assembly apparatus may guide and hold the boat over the desired position on the boat trailer. The ability to instantly react to different conditions encountered when loading a boat on a trailer and the ability to control the mechanical variables of a typical tall guide roller pole or equivalent and allow the operator to easily the adjust how these mechanical variables are controlled, makes this invention a substantial non-obvious improvement over what is currently utilized and previous art.
Claims5
A boat loading guide control assembly apparatus, comprising:
- a tall guide pole;
- a pushrod assembly;
- a bracket arrangement configured to engage a boat trailer frame;
- wherein said pushrod assembly includes:
- a pushrod end;
- a jam nut;
- a long guide bolt;
- a compression spring adjusting nut;
- a washer;
- a compression spring;
- wherein the long guide bolt includes:
- a threaded portion, configured to allow for adjustment of a length of the pushrod assembly and an adjustment of preload on the compression spring;
- wherein the threaded portion comprises a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end extends through the jam nut and into the pushrod end, the second end extends into the compression spring adjusting nut, into the washer, into the compression spring, and finally into a hole in the bracket arrangement;
- and
- wherein the compression spring adjusting nut includes:
- a nut configured to turn on the long guide bolt to change a length of the compression spring to change the preload on the compression spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.