Seasonal dock with self-stowing lifting device

A seasonal dock assembly comprising

• a mounting means for securing a dock assembly near a shoreline,
• a platform structure comprising a top surface, a shore end, and a lake end opposite the shore end, said platform structure adapted to be hingedly secured at the shore end to the mounting means, and
• a tower structure comprising a shore end and a lake end opposite the shore end, said tower structure adapted to be hingedly secured at the shore end to the mounting means coaxially with the platform structure, and being about 80% the length of the platform structure from the shore end to the lake end,
• said platform structure having a recess suitably adapted to receive substantially all of the tower structure when not in use,
• at least two tie posts secured perpendicularly to the top surface of the platform structure and suitably adapted so that, when in use, the tie posts support the weight of the platform structure and the top surface is substantially parallel to a water surface.
• at least one dock cable with two ends, the first end secured to the lake end of the tower and the second end secured to platform structure near the recess portion that is nearest the platform lake end,
• at least one shore cable secured near the lake end of the tower structure, and being suitably sized for reaching the land near the shoreline and suitably adapted for pulling the tower structure and platform structure lake end upward for storage when the dock assembly is not in use, and
• at least one hoisting means to hoist the dock assembly out of the water by pulling on the shore cable.

In a seasonal dock assembly having a mounting structure secured to land near a shoreline;

• a platform structure having a lake end and a shore end opposite the lake end, the platform structure adapted to be hingedly secured by the shore end to the mounting structure;
• and a cable attached near the platform structure lake end;
• the improvement comprising
• a tower structure having a lake end and a shore end opposite the lake end, the tower structure adapted to be hingedly secured at the shore end to the mounting structure and being about 80% of the length of the platform structure, and
• a recess in said top platform structure suitably adapted to receive substantially all of the tower structure when the tower structure is not in operation, such that a cable can be attached near the platform structure lake end and tower structure lake end to raise the dock.