Patent ID: 6386411
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An apparatus for supporting a boat at the trailing end of a vehicle, comprising:a hitch member adapted to be secured to a trailer hitch of said vehicle in cantilevered relation thereto; a horizontally disposed center bar secured to and extending longitudinally from said hitch member; a pair of support beams horizontally disposed each being on an opposite side of said horizontally disposed center bar in parallel, coplanar relation therewith; first and second upstanding front vertical supports, each of which is mounted on a different one of said horizontally disposed support beams, said front vertical supports being disposed in transversely opposed relation relative to one another; first and second upstanding rear vertical supports, each of which is mounted on a different one of said horizontally disposed support beams, said rear vertical supports being disposed in transversely opposed relation to one another and said rear vertical supports being longitudinally spaced apart from said front vertical supports in trailing relation thereto said first front vertical support and first rear vertical support being on said same horizontally disposed support beam; said front vertical supports having upper ends disposed at a preselected elevation that is higher than a preselected elevation of upper ends of said rear vertical supports; first runner interconnected to the upper ends of said first front vertical support and said first rear vertical support; and second runner interconnected to the upper ends of said second front vertical support and said second rear vertical support.