Patent ID: 8800403

Claim:
A boat lift drive housing apparatus in combination with a boat lift drive, wherein the boat lift drive comprises a control box having a key switch, an electric motor, and a gear head, wherein the boat lift drive housing apparatus comprises: a) a plastic housing, with said plastic housing containing said control box having said key switch, said electric motor and said gear head; b) wherein said plastic housing comprises a front face and a rear face; c) wherein said front face of said plastic housing comprises an opening confronting said key switch of said control box; d) wherein said front face of said plastic housing comprises an eyebrow cantilevered over said opening to shield said opening from the sun, water, rain, ice and snow; and e) wherein said opening includes a top and a bottom, wherein said eyebrow includes a ceiling at an elevation greater than said top of said opening, wherein said eyebrow includes sides depending from said ceiling, each of said sides of the eyebrow having a bottom, each of said bottoms of each of said sides of the eyebrow confronting said bottom of said opening, each of said sides of the eyebrow tapering forwardly and upwardly from said bottom of said side to the ceiling of the eyebrow and defining tapering edges, and the tapering edges of each of said sides being disposed in a common plane such that said common plane is disposed beyond said opening and key switch such that said opening and key switch are set within said eyebrow.