Patent ID: 6637975
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
A watercraft ramp comprising:(i) a watercraft-supporting assembly having a pair of rails of substantial equal length braced in parallel laterally spaced-apart relationship by cross braces so that said rails are separated at least 8 inches apart from each other, each said rail being equipped with a plurality of hull-supporting roller wheels mounted on said rails in spaced condition along the length of said rails, said watercraft-supporting assembly having one end called a water end and the other end called a shore end, (ii) a water end support assembly having a transverse footprint brace mounted to the underside of said rails at a location proximate to said water end, (iii) a shore end support assembly having a transverse footprint stabilizer bar mounted to the underside of said rails at a location proximate to said shore end in a manner such that said mounting is inward from the outer ends of said stabilizer bar, and (iv) a loading assembly having a winch support beam mounted rigidly to said transverse footprint stabilizer bar so that said winch support beam is upwardly cantilevered out beyond the shore end of said rails in an angular relationship to the length of said rails, said angular relationship being closer to a parallel relationship to said rails than a perpendicular relationship to said rails.