Patent ID: 8430045
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: B63B,B63C,E02B

Abstract:
1. A lift for a pontoon boat having a frame and spaced pontoons attached to the frame and an engine support housing extending below the frame and between the spaced pontoons, the lift comprising a plurality of raisable and lowerable support legs, at least two of the support legs comprising individual extendable and retractable telescoping tube assemblies attached to said frame and in position so that when the telescoping tube assemblies are extended the frame will be raised relative to a support, the telescoping tube assemblies each including an outer tube fixed to the frame, an inner tube slidably mounted within the outer tube and extendable in a longitudinal direction of the outer tube, a linear actuator positioned on the interior of the inner tube and secured to a support base, said support base also being secured to said outer tube, the actuator having an extendable and retractable portion secured to an outer end of the inner tube, whereby extending the actuator will move the inner tube in a downward direction relative to the frame to engage a support surface and raise the frame.