Patent ID: 6938572

Claim:
A swim lift platform for attachment to a transom of a boat comprising: a movable member having a pair of spaced apart generally vertically extended side structures and a generally horizontal platform having opposite sides and being supported at the lower ends of said side structures; a mounting structure adapted to be fixed to the transom of a boat, said mounting structure including a first pair of parallel spaced flange members; a pair of parallel spaced guides on said movable member formed as a pair of channel members slidably receiving said pair of flange members to support said movable member for vertical sliding movement between a storage position in which said platform is above water level when said boat is floating in water and a lower position in which said platform is submerged; a linear hydraulic actuator disposed generally midway between said opposite sides and said guides and acting between said mounting structure and said movable member for moving said movable member between said storage and lower positions; and a control for actuating said hydraulic actuator, said control being accessible to an operator standing on said platform.