Patent ID: 8596213
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. Launch apparatus comprising at least one moveable arm mountable on a water vehicle, wherein the moveable arm carries a carriage means moveable between a first position in which the carriage means is capable of holding a personal watercraft and a second position in which the carriage means forms a flat surface, the carriage means comprising a first pair of pivotal members which in the first position form a substantially v-shaped guide or channel for receiving a personal watercraft, each pivotal member comprising a chock having a first side and a second side, the first side of the chock adapted to form the flat surface of the carriage means when the carriage means is in the second position, the first side having a finish designed to match the surface of a bathing platform, the second side of the chock adapted to adjoin the personal watercraft when the carriage means is in the first position, the second side having a resilient coating, the moveable arm including a gear assembly adapted to maintain the carriage means in a substantially constant orientation to the horizontal while the carriage means is in the first position regardless of the orientation of the moveable arm.