Boat handling and loading assembly

Claim 1

A CABLE-OPERATED CAR-TOP BOAT HANDLING ACCESSORY ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED TO A MOTOR VEHICLE AND USEFUL IN LOADING AND TRANSPORTING A SMALL BOAT ON THE TOP OF THE VEHICLE, SAID ACCESSORY COMPRISING ANCHOR MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR SECURING THE SAME RIGIDLY TO THE ROOF OF A MOTOR VEHICLE TO SUPPORT A BOAT THEREON, AN INVERTED USHAPED FRAME HAVING MEANS FOR PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE LOWER END OF ITS LEGS TO THE LOWER LATERAL SIDES OF A VEHICLE AT ONE END THEREOF, AN ELONGATED RIGID MEMBER MOVABLY CONNECTED CENTRALLY TO THE BIGHT PORTION OF SAID U-SHAPED FRAME AND EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF THE VEHICLE TOP, WINCH MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID U-SHAPED FRAME HAVING CABLE MEANS EXTENDING THEREFROM OVER ROLLER MEANS CARRIED BY SAID ANCHOR MEANS ON THE CAR ROOF AND THENCE OVER OTHER ROLLER MEANS ON SAID RIGID FRAME MEMBER AND INCLUDING MEANS FOR ATTACHING SAID CABLE MEANS TO THE BOW OF A BOAT TO BE LOADED ON THE CAR ROOF, SAID WINCH AND CABLE MEANS BEING OPERABLE TO PULL THE BOAT LENGTHWISE OF SAID ELONGATED MEMBER AND UPWARDLY ONTO THE VEHICLE ROOF AS SAID U-SHAPED FRAME IS ELEVATED UPWARDLY INTO A GENERALLY VERTICAL BOAT-CARRYING POSITION.