Patent ID: 7344344

Claim:
A boat loading device for loading a boat onto a trailer, comprising: a. a receiver carried by the trailer or the boat; b. a coupler carried by the boat or the trailer; c. a powered extendable shaft for moving the coupler or the receiver into engagement with the other and for securing the coupler to the receiver; d. the extendable shaft being movable between retracted and extended positions; e. the powered extendable shaft being connected to the receiver or the coupler and movable between the extended and retracted positions; f. wherein when secured to the boat and the boat trailer and the receiver and coupler are connected, the boat loading device extends between a portion of the trailer and a portion of the boat; and g. wherein the boat-loading device is operative to pull the boat onto the boat trailer in response to the extendable shaft moving from the extended position to the retracted position.