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US 8,926,217 B1Granted
Boat cradle system
OwnerGrady F. Smithinventor
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Abstract
A boat cradle system for securely supporting boats, even in hurricane conditions, comprising one or more decks anchored to the ground or to an underlying structure. Moveably mounted on the deck or decks is a series of mobile boat supports that move back and forth between an inoperative position and an operative position.
Claims14
A boat cradle system for supporting a boat, comprising:
- a plurality of main supports;
- at least one moveable boat support moveable back and forth on each main support, each mobile boat support including:
- (i) a carriage having one or more wheels;
- (ii) an extendable support carried by the carriage and moveable between a retracted position and an extended position;
- (iii) a support pad disposed on an end portion of the extendable support for engaging the boat;
- each main support including a track and wherein the carriage of each moveable boat support engages the track and is moveable back and forth on the track;
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- wherein the main supports are positionable in a boat receiving area and a plurality of the moveable boat supports are moveable back and forth on the main supports between an outer inoperative position and an inner operative position.
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A boat cradle system for receiving and supporting a boat in a boat receiving area, comprising:
- a track structure disposed in the boat receiving area where the track structure includes multiple tracks;
- a series of moveable boat supports mounted on the track structure and moveable back and forth on the track structure;
- each moveable boat support including a carriage having wheels;
- each moveable boat support including an extendable support carried by the carriage and moveable between a retracted position and an extended position;
- a support pad disposed on an end portion of the extendable support for engaging the boat;
- the carriage of each moveable boat support being supported on the track structure and moveable back and forth between an inoperative position and an operative position;
- wherein in the inoperative position, the moveable boat support and the carriage thereon is disposed in an outer position and wherein in the operative position the mobile boat support and carriage thereof is disposed in an inner position on the track structure and positioned to engage and support the boat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.