Patent ID: 6095080
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A tilting frame fold away swing boom skiff lift for launching and retrieving a tender or skiff from a yacht said skiff lift comprising,A pair of nesting swing booms pivotally mounted in a tilting frame where outboard ends of said swing booms provide for means to suspend a small tender or skiff and where said swing booms comprise elongated generally C-shaped channel sections of similar geometry with inboard ends of said C-shaped channel sections having means for pivotal mounting on a common axis in said frame: said swing booms projecting generally outward from said frame; each of said C-shaped channels having different cross sectional dimensions and arranged on said common axis with open sides adjacent providing means for smaller C-shaped channel section to be nested substantially inside said open side of adjacent C-shaped channel section allowing for said pair of nesting booms to pivot generally sidwardly 180 degrees independently of each other or in said nested position with said frame substantially containing said swing booms; to be secured to a tilt mounting member for pivotal movement between said yacht and said frame; said frame comprising a pair of legs, a crossbar member, and motor box; said legs to extend vertically from said tilt mounting member to said crossbar member and angled in and substantially joined at the point where said legs intersect said motor box; said crossbar member to comprise a horizontal member joining said legs approximately midway between said tilt mounting member and point where legs intersect said motor box; said crossbar member to be configured to provide means for receiving the lower end of a hinge tube which passes substantially through said means for pivotal mounting on said C-shaped channel sections of said swing booms and said surfaces of motor box providing means for joining upper ends of said legs and upper support of said hinge tube on said common axis with said C-shaped channel sections and said means for receiving lower end cross bar section and; a means for mounting a motorized cable drum; said motorized cable drum providing means for secure cable attachment of said motorized cable drum system to said yacht where switched control of said motorized cable drum to the in or out direction allows said tilting fold away swing boom skiff lift to tilt back lowering said swing booms and providing means to either launch said skiff onto the water or retrieve said skiff from the water.