Patent ID: 6139219
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: B62B,B63C

Abstract:
A portable docking/support system for personal water crafts, the system comprising,a frame structure including end stands and elongated members connected at opposite ends thereof to the end stands;said elongated members including a pair of upper members and a lower member spaced below the upper members for strengthening the frame structure each of said elongated members extending substantially in the same direction, and said upper elongated members being adapted to be laterally spaced apart a distance less than the hull width of a water craft and to be extended lengthwise at least a portion of the hull length;means associated with lower ends of the end stands suited to rest on a generally horizontal support surface operable to hold the frame structure with the end stands substantially disposed vertically and with said upper elongated members substantially disposed horizontally;said pair of upper elongated members being spaced apart horizontally and being vertically higher than the end stands at all locations laterally between the upper elongated members; andsaid end stands having a height suited with said lower end means adapted to be rested on a river or lake bed support surface to locate the upper elongated members proximate but generally below the water surface, operable to allow said water craft to be substantially floated with clearance over the end stands and lengthwise between and onto the upper elongated members and into a supported or docked association therewith.