Watercraft Vehicle Lift
AssigneeLone Star Docks
InventorsChad Wilbanks, Christopher J. Corley
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein disclose a watercraft vehicle lift. The watercraft vehicle lift may comprise a pivoting hinge configured to rotate around a fixed axis, a lift configured to extend and contract an arm to apply force and a scissor hinge with a plurality of pivoting points configured to extend and contract and receive force from the arm of the lift at an upward angle.
Claims20
A watercraft vehicle lift, comprising:
- a pivoting hinge configured to rotate around a fixed axis;
- a lift configured to extend and contract an arm to apply force;
- a scissor hinge with a plurality of pivoting points configured to extend and contract and receive force from the arm of the lift at an upward angle;
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- a bunk beam coupled with the scissor hinge at a first portion and coupled with the pivoting hinge at a second portion, wherein the first side of the bunk beam is configured to raise and lower in response to the scissor hinge receiving the force from the arm of the lift.
A method for a watercraft vehicle lift comprising:
- rotating a hinge around a fixed axis;
- extending an arm of a lift to apply force;
- receiving the force from the arm of the lift at a scissor hinge, wherein the arm of the lift applies the force to the scissor hinge at an upward angle;
- and
- rotating a bunk beam from a downward angle to a level plane in response to the force being applied from the arm of the lift to the scissor hinge, the bunk beam being configured to be coupled with the hinge around the fixed axis and the scissor hinge.
The method of claim 13, wherein the scissor hinge includes a plurality of pivoting points that are configured to extend and contract in response to the receiving the force from the arm of the lift.
The method of claim 14, wherein a first of the plurality of pivoting points is configured to be coupled with the bunk beam, a second of the plurality of pivoting points is configured to be coupled with the scissor hinge, and a third of the plurality of pivoting points is configured to be coupled with a base of that watercraft vehicle lift.
A drive-on watercraft vehicle lift, comprising:
- a pivoting hinge configured to rotate around a fixed axis;
- a lift configured to extend and contract an arm to apply force;
- a bunk beam coupled to the pivoting hinge and configured to be raised and lowered by the lift;
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- a scissor hinge including a plurality of pivoting points configured to receive force from the arm of the lift at an upward angle, a first of the plurality of pivoting points being coupled to the bunk beam, the second of the plurality of pivoting points being coupled to the arm, and the third of the plurality of pivoting points being coupled to a base of the watercraft vehicle lift, wherein if the arm of the lift is contracted the scissor hinge is folded over itself and the bunk beam is positioned in a downward angle, and if the arm of the lift is extended the plurality of pivoting points are vertically aligned and the bunk beam is positioned parallel to a water level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.