Patent ID: 8137028

Claim:
A device for storing a small vessel on a side of a dock, the device comprising: a cradle, two dock lateral supports and two dock mounting assemblies; wherein the cradle comprises four interconnected support structures, consisting of two horizontal support structures, one of which is an upper horizontal support structure and the other of which is a lower horizontal support structure, and two vertical support members, which support structures enclose a cradle opening within which the vessel rests; wherein the two dock lateral supports are L-shaped structures that each comprise a vertical arm, a horizontal arm, and a pivot joint; wherein the dock mounting assemblies comprise means by which the vertical and/or horizontal arms of the two dock lateral supports are secured to the side of the dock; and wherein the cradle is supported by the horizontal arms of the two dock lateral supports and is rotatably attached to the horizontal arms of the two dock lateral supports by two female pivot joints located on the horizontal arms, which pivot joints cooperate conjugately with two male pivot members located on vertical support members, such that the cradle can be lifted from a horizontal loading position to a vertical storage position by the application of a sufficient upward force on one of the two horizontal support structures.