Patent ID: 8028874

Claim:
A kayak handling system to assist a user in lifting a kayak onto a roof of a sedan and in removing the boat there from, the system comprising, in combination: a sedan having a roof with a roof mounted supporting device thereon, the sedan also having a horizontally extending hitch having a rearwardly facing recess with apertures; a kayak having a keel removably positionable upon the roof mounted supporting device; an L-shaped member having a forwardly extending horizontal leg with apertures there through, the horizontal leg terminating in a recess, the L-shaped member also having an upwardly extending vertical leg with apertures, the vertical leg terminating in a recess; a horizontal extension piece with a plurality of apertures along its length, the horizontal extension piece having a front end positioned within the rearwardly facing recess of the hitch, a forward pin removably extending through the apertures of the hitch and through the apertures in the horizontal extension piece for coupling purposes, the horizontal extension piece having a rear end positioned within the recess of the horizontal leg, a rearward pin removably extending through the apertures in the horizontal leg and the apertures in the horizontal extension piece for coupling purposes; a vertical extension piece with a plurality of apertures along its length, the vertical extension piece having an upper end, the vertical extension piece having a lower end positioned within the recess of the vertical leg, an upper pin removably extending through apertures of the vertical leg and the apertures in the vertical extension piece for coupling purposes; and a roller assembly including a cross piece having a central extent attached to the upper end of the vertical extension piece, a U-shaped support having a horizontal central portion bolted to the cross piece, the U-shaped support having upwardly extending end legs and a shaft rotatably supported by the end legs, the shaft having an axis in a horizontal plane closer to the roof of the sedan than to the hitch, primary rollers rotatably supported on the shaft with a central spool-shaped spacer and washers between the primary rollers, secondary rollers rotatably supported on the shaft adjacent to the end legs with a cylindrical spacer between each secondary spacer and an adjacent end leg, whereby the keel of the kayak is adapted to be positioned upon the primary rollers and pushed into position upon the roof of the sedan.