Patent ID: 7802709

Claim:
A cargo carrier for a boat trailer, said boat trailer comprising opposed port and starboard side rails, the carrier comprising in operative combination: a generally rectangular box-shaped basket assembly, including a base portion formed with a mesh material, opposed inboard and outboard side walls, opposed left and right side walls, each of said side walls interconnecting said base; where at least one of said side walls is formed with a mesh material, where at least one hole opening is formed in at least one of said side walls, and where the outboard side wall does not extend past a wheel line of the trailer when the cargo carrier is mounted to the side rail of the boat trailer; at least two spaced inverted J-hook mounts attached to said basket assembly, each of said J-hook mounts being shaped to form an inverted generally U-shaped opening, said opening having a closed top end and an open bottom end, each of said J-hook mounts further being shaped for slidable, removable hanger mounting over at least one side rail of said boat trailer; at least one U-shaped adapter retained at an inside perimeter of the U-shaped opening formed by the inverted J-hook mount, at least one locking mechanism proximate the bottom end of the U-shaped opening of the J-hook mount, said locking mechanism comprising a lock nut welded to the J-hook mount proximate its open bottom end and a padlock, a hasp of said padlock capable of being slidably inserted through an opening formed by the nut; and, at least one cargo hold down, each of said hold downs including opposed attachment ends for attachment to the basket assembly.