# US 5,704,756 A · Trailer mounted personal water-craft support structure

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- Number: US 5,704,756 A
- Document ID: US5704756A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/716,133
- Filed: 1996-09-20
- Granted: 1998-01-06
- Earliest claimed: 1996-09-20
- Assignees: Runnerlift Corporation; Ronald Garibaldi
- Inventors: Steve M. Marteney; Ronald Garibaldi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5704756A

## CPC

- B60P 1/02: with parallel up-and-down movement of load supporting or containing element (in combination with tipping B60P1/34; devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes, movable on wheels or the like, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/06 {; suspensions with electronic levelling control during loading or unloading B60G17/0157})
- B60P 3/10: for carrying boats {(for carrying sailboards B60R9/08, B63B32/80; equipment forming part of or attachable to vessels facilitating transport over land, e.g. wheel units, towing units, B63C13/00)}
- B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00)

## Abstract

A movable structure is provided for supporting a motorized personal watercraft on a boat trailer on a platform elevated above the boat carried on the trailer. The structure is in the form of L-shaped bracket having horizontal legs engaged by elongated guide supports mounted transversely on the trailer undercarriage, and vertical legs supporting a movable platform for the personal watercraft.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Movable structure for supporting a motorized personal watercraft on a boat trailer above a boat carried on the trailer, comprising a substantially L-shaped bracket mountable along a side of the trailer for horizontal movement between a transport/storage position in which a platform on the bracket supporting the watercraft overlies the boat and an elevated intermediate position in which the platform is moved away from the trailer, said bracket having fixed upstanding legs supporting the platform slidably along said legs in a vertical path between said intermediate position and a lowered loading/unloading position, said platform having cradle arms for cradling the personal watercraft upon movement of the bracket and the platform between said positions.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The structure according to claim 1, wherein said bracket includes horizontal legs, elongated guide means mountable to the trailer engaged with said horizontal legs for guiding said bracket during said horizontal movement.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The structure according to claim 1, further comprising means for moving said platform in said vertical path.