Patent ID: 9051035
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: B63B,B63C

Abstract:
1. A docking system comprising a boatlift for paddle or oar powered watercraft positionable adjacent a dock and a bench system mounted on said dock; the boatlift comprising an elongate cradle, decking on opposite sides of said cradle, an entrance ramp to said cradle, and a first guide rail positioned on one side of said cradle and a second guide rail positioned on a second side of said cradle opposite said first side; said first and second guide rails each comprising an approach portion extending rearwardly of said boatlift ramp and a boatlift portion extending along said boatlift cradle; each said guide rail further comprising at least one grab bar extending generally horizontally along said rail; said at least one grab bar being positioned on said guide rail to be at a height where a boater sitting in a paddle or oar powered watercraft could reach said grab bar; said first and second guide rails being spaced apart from each other a distance sufficient to allow a paddle or oar powered boat to pass therebetween, yet allowing a boater to simultaneously grab the grab bars of both said first and second guide rails; said bench system comprising; a first elongate slide and a second elongate slide, said second slide being below said first slide; each of said first and second elongate slides having a generally planar top surface which is generally parallel to said bench body top surface and elongate sides; each of said first and second slides being translationally supported in said bench body interior in alignment with said at least one slot; said slides being movable independently of each other through said at least one slot between a retracted position in which said slides are substantially received within said bench body interior and an extended position; said generally planar top surface of said slides being spaced vertically below said top surface of bench body such that said slides move in a substantially horizontal plane below a plane defined by said bench body top surface; said slides being configured such that a user can sit on the slides and dangle legs over at least one of the elongate edges of the slides when a selected one of said slides is in its said extended position; and a remote support member which supports said slides when said slides are in their extended positions; said support member being fixed in a position spaced horizontally from said front surface of said bench body when either of said slides are in their retracted position a distance no greater than a length of the slides; said support member comprising a first horizontal surface upon which said first slide removably rests when said slide is in an extended position and a second horizontal surface upon which said second slide removably rests when said second slide is in its said extended position; said first and second horizontal surfaces of said support member being positioned such that said first and second slides are substantially horizontal when in their said extended positions.