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US 2011/0236126 A1Published application
Hands-Free Trailer Latching and Releasing Mechanism for a Boat
OwnerJohn Eliot, JR.inventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a mechanism that attaches and releases a boat or personal watercraft or the like to a trailer or lift or the like and includes a trigger which can move between a secured and released condition by means of contact with the boat or manually and which is biased by an energy storage device. Said trigger in turn may restrict or release a securing member or members which releases or secures a boat's eyehook. Said securing member may be biased by a primary energy device that may be moved to a locked or released condition as desired to attach the boat to, or release the boat from, the trailer.
Claims9
A latching mechanism, comprising
- a housing;
- a securing member movably disposed on the housing and having a first end and a second end, and further comprising a first slot proximate the first end and a second slot proximate the second end:
- and
- a trigger insert, wherein the trigger insert is movably disposed on the housing so that the trigger insert may selectively engage at least one of the first slot and second slot of the securing member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.