Patent ID: 6523846
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: B60P,B60R

Abstract:
A boat launching platform device, said device being removably coupled to a yolk of a boat trailer, the yolk having a hitch bar and two arms extending away from the hitch bar in a generally Y-shaped configuration, said device comprising:a pair of elongate members, each of said elongate members having a first end and a second end, each of said elongate members having at least one bend therein, each of said elongate members having an inner surface and an outer surface; a first coupling member, said first coupling member being coupled to a first end of a first of said elongate members, said first coupling member being removably secured to said yolk; a second coupling member, said second coupling member hingedly coupled to a first end of a second of said elongate members, said second coupling member being removably secured to said yolk; a third coupling member, said third coupling member being coupled to said second end of said first elongate member and said second end of said second elongate member, said third coupling member being removably coupled to said hitch bar; and a pair of mesh portions, a first mesh portion being securely attached to and extending away from said inner surface of said first elongate member, a second mesh portion being securely attached to and extending away from said inner surface of said second elongate member.