Offshore installation for launching boats

Claim 1

AN OFFSHORE INSTALLATION FOR LAUNCHING A BOAT MOUNTED ON WHEELS COMPRISING A STRUCTURE HAVING A FIRST SECTION AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER SECTION ARRANGED IN END-TO-END RELATION; EACH OF SAID SECTION INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED VERTICAL SUPPORT POSTS MOUNTED OFFSHORE, A CROSS MEMBER, ADJUSTABLE MEANS FIXEDLY CONNECTING SAID CROSS MEMBER TO EACH OF SAID POSTS AT A DESIRED HORIZONTAL LEVEL, A PAIR OF HORIZONTAL LONGITUDINAL MEMBERS IN THE FORM OF DOCK SECTIONS DISPOSED PERPENDICULAR TO SAID CROSS MEMBER, MEANS CONNECTING EACH OF SAID LONGITUDINAL MEMBERS TO ONE OF SAID POSTS, AND MEANS PROVIDING A VEHICLE SUPPORTING INCLINED RAMP DRIVE DISPOSED PERPENDICULAR TO SAID CROSS MEMBER AND BETWEEN SAID HORIZONTAL MEMBERS, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING ONE END OF THE RAMP DRIVE OF THE FIRST SECTION ON THE SHORE IN LINE WITH AN ONSHORE VEHICLE DRIVE SURFACE, HINGE MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE ADJACENT ENDS OF THE RAMP DRIVE MEANS OF SUCCESSIVE SECTIONS TO EACH OTHER, AND MEANS FOR MOVABLY SUPPORTING THE RAMP DRIVE MEANS OF EACH SECTION ON THE OFFSHORE CROSS MEMBER OF SUCH SECTION SO THAT THE OFFSHORE END OF THE RAMP DRIVE IS SUFFICIENTLY BELOW THE WATER LEVEL WHEREBY A BOAT MOUNTED ON WHEELS MAY BE LAUNCHED BY MOVING SAID BOAT DOWN THE RAMP DRIVE UNTIL THE BOAT FLOATS.