Patent ID: 7743723

Claim:
Onboard davit assembly for launching a boat from a ship, comprising: two spaced apart davits, each davit including a substantially horizontal boom, a hoist cable extending downwards from a suspension framed on the boom and including at least one fixation device at its lower end to which the boat is attachable, the booms being movable between an inward position in which the suspension frames extend inboard and an outward position in which the suspension frames extend outboard, the booms extending from an onboard vertical pivot axis and being rotatable in a horizontal plane around the pivot axis, the suspension frames being movable along the booms such that a distance between the suspension frames remains constant during rotation of the booms between the inward and outward positions when the boat is moved from a parking position to a launching position, wherein each boom is rotatable by a motor having a driving shaft, which is coaxial with the pivot axis.