Patent ID: 7735441

Claim:
A lift apparatus for loading and unloading of a watercraft from a platform comprising: a first arm having a first end pivotably connected to a surface positioned below a platform; a second arm having a first end pivotably connected to a surface positioned below a platform; a power arm having a first end pivotably coupled to a second end of the second arm and a second end pivotably coupled to a second end of the first arm; a displacing member having a first end, a second end and a variable length, the first end coupled to the outside surface and the second end coupled to the first arm proximate the second end thereof; a folding arm having a first end and a second end, the first end of the folding arm pivotably coupled to the second end of the first arm and rotationally fixed to the second end of the power arm; a cradle assembly having a cradle arm with a first end and a second end and a cradle pad, the cradle pad is positioned at the second end of the cradle arm and is configured to receive a watercraft thereon, the first end of the cradle assembly is pivotably coupled to the second end of the folding arm and rotationally fixed to the second end of the power arm; whereupon variation of the length of the displacing member rotates the first and second arms about the first end and rotates the power arm about the first and second ends thereof, and, in turn, rotates the folding arm and the cradle assembly from a undeployed orientation wherein the folding arm, and the cradle arm are substantially above the platform along with a watercraft positioned upon the cradle pad to a deployed orientation wherein the folding arm, and the cradle arm are extended away from and below the platform to clear and lower the watercraft from the platform.