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US 4,063,659 AGranted
Car top boat carrier
OwnerGerald J. Welchinventor
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Abstract
A readily mountable and demountable car top boat carrier. The carrier includes a cradle portion on the car top which carries a boat secured thereto and a ramp comprising a pair of folding rails which extend downwardly from the car top cradle when unfolded to permit a boat to be easily slid between the cradle and the water surface by a single person. The rails are individually adjustable for differences in bottom depth and fold into a compact storage position when not in use.
Claims8
A car top boat carrier which comprises:
- a boat supporting cradle mountable on a car top;
- first and second elongated rail members having respective first and second ends;
- means for detachably securing the first ends of said first and second rail members to said cradle in spaced apart relationship;, each of said first and second rail members being rotatable about its longitudinal axis means for supporting the second ends of said first and second rail members, said first and second rail members being substantially parallel and defining a first ramp section;
- third and fourth elongated rail members having respective first and second ends, the first ends being hingedly secured to the respective second ends of said first and second rail members;
- and means for individually supporting the second ends of said third and fourth rail members on the bottom of a body of water to compensate for variations in the depth of said bottom and form a second ramp section aligned with the first ramp section.
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