Patent ID: 8246066

Claim:
A trailer for carrying and transporting a watercraft and having a frame with first and second sides, and front and rear ends, comprising: a) a U-shaped hoop having first, proximate and second, distal ends and first and second sides, wherein said first and second side of said first end of said hoop is adapted for rotatable connection to the corresponding first and second sides of the frame of the trailer so that when said hoop is rotated said distal end moves from a first position proximate the front end of the trailer to a second position proximate the rear end of the trailer; b) a rotatable tarp bar having first and second ends disposed proximate the front end of the trailer, wherein said tarp bar is disposed in a substantially horizontal plane, wherein said tarp bar is substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the trailer, wherein said first and second end of said tarp bar is adapted for connection to a corresponding first and second side of the frame of the trailer; c) a tarp having first and second ends and first and second sides, wherein said first end of said tarp is connected to said tarp bar and said second end of said tarp is connected to said distal end of said hoop, wherein in a first position said tarp is rolled onto said tarp bar, wherein in a second position said tarp is unrolled from said tarp bar, wherein said tarp substantially covers the watercraft when said distal end of said hoop is in said second position and said tarp is in said second position, whereby said watercraft is loadable on or offloadable from said trailer when said tarp is in said first position and said watercraft, when on said trailer, is covered by said tarp when said tarp is in said second position; and d) said trailer having a tongue at its forward end, said tongue being pivotally connected to a tow vehicle.