# US 4,396,343 A · Boat handling apparatus

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- Number: US 4,396,343 A
- Document ID: US4396343A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/283,390
- Filed: 1981-07-15
- Granted: 1983-08-02
- Earliest claimed: 1981-07-15
- Inventors: Clair H. Brewer, Jr.
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4396343A

## CPC

- B60R 9/08: specially adapted for sports gear (vehicles specially adapted for carrying aeroplanes, for carrying boats B60P)
- B63C 13/00: Equipment forming part of or attachable to vessels facilitating transport over land (amphibious craft, land vehicles convertible for use on water B60F; land vehicles for carrying boats B60P; {hand carts for transporting boats B62B; } harnesses attachable to vessels for personal carrying A45F)
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B63C: LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS (floating nets, floating slipways, or the like for recovering aircraft from the water B63B35/52)

## Abstract

Devices for removable attachment to the transom of a boat to facilitate raising the boat onto the top of a vehicle or removing the same therefrom and a wheeled device associated therewith adapted for launching the boat into the water and for pulling the boat out of the water.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device for rotating a boat about its center line comprising a dolly having a support frame provided with wheels, first means adapted to be detachably secured to rudder fittings and second means securely held in alignment with the center line of the transom or stern of the boat during rotation, rotatable means secured to the said second means mounted on the transom end of said boat and loosely journalled through the said dolly support frame, manual means secured to said rotatable means adapted to rotate the boat about its center line.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The rudder fittings for the first means of claim 1 being alternately employed as rudder fasteners upon removal of the said first means from said rudder fittings.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first means comprises a pair of members secured at right angles to one another, a first of said members detachably secured to the transom vertically of the stern in line with the center line of the boat and the second said member disposed at right angles to the first said member and adapted to abut the face of the transom and maintain the first said member in alignment with the center line of the boat during rotation.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the dolly is adapted to aid in transporting the boat.