Patent ID: 6648360
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
In combination:a. a pontoon boat trailer having a frame, a carriage, and first and second lift arms for raising and lowering the carriage on the frame; b. a pontoon boat having a deck supported by the pontoon boat trailer carriage and first and second pontoons; and c. apparatus for substantially preventing lateral sliding of the pontoon boat on the pontoon boat trailer carriage comprising: i. first and second bunk brackets, each comprising a base plate and a pair of parallel side plates; ii. means for mounting each bunk bracket to respective first and second lift arm in alignment with respective pontoons; iii. first and second bunk assemblies in operative association with the first and second bunk brackets, respectively, each bunk assembly comprising a bunk and a channel joined thereto, each channel having a pair of side walls that slide over the associated bunk bracket side plates; and iv. means for fastening the first and second bunk assemblies to the associated bunk brackets with the respective bunks being in close proximity to the first and second boat pontoons, so that only minimal transverse spaces are present between the boat pontoons and the bunks.