Boat loading device

Claim 1

AUXILIARY STRUCTURE ADAPTING A LOAD CARRIER SECURED TO THE TOP OF AN AUTOMOBILE, SO AS TO BE PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR LOADING AND CARRYING A GUNWALDED BOAT THEREON, SAID CARRIER INCLUDING A SINGLE FRONT AND A SINGLE REAR PARALLEL TRANSVERSE MEMBER, EACH WITH HORIZONTALLY OUTSTANDING CANTILEVERED ENDS, SAID AUXILIARY STRUCTURE COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT LONGITUDINAL BAR ORIENTED SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO EACH OF SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBERS AND HAVING FRONT AND REAR PORTIONS, FRONT SECURING MEANS FOR DETACHABLY SECURING SAID FRONT PORTION OF SAID LONGITUDINAL BAR TO THE CANTILEVERED END OF SAID FRONT TRANSVERSE MEMBER, REAR SECURING MEANS FOR DETACHABLY SECURING SAID REAR PORTION OF SAID LONGITUDINAL BAR TO A CANTILEVERED END OF SAID REAR TRANSVERSE MEMBER, AND AN OPEN TOP VERTICAL AXIS SWIVELLING GUIDE AND SUPPORT FULCRUM MEANS FIXEDLY MOUNTED FROM ABOVE ON AND THROUGH ONE OF SAID SECURING MEANS, AND OF A HORIZONTAL DIMENSION ONLY SLIGHTLY LONGER THAN THE WIDTH OF ONE GUNWALE, WHEREBY SAID FULCRUM MEANS CAN SLIDABLY RECEIVE ONE BOAT GUNWALE WHEN THE LATTER IS IN A FIRST POSITION AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE AXIS OF SAID LONGITUDINAL BAR, AND GUIDE AND SUPPORT THE ONE GUNWALE WHEN THE LATTER IS SWIVELLED ABOUT THE FULCRUM MEANS TO A SECOND POSITION PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID LONGITUDINAL BAR, AND WHEREBY THE LONGITUDINAL BAR CAN SIMULTANEOUSLY SUPPORT THE OTHER GUNWALE FROM A SIMILAR FIRST POSITION TOWARDS A SIMILAR SECOND POSITION, THUS PROTECTING THE AUTOMOBILE TOP FROM DAMAGE DURING THE POSITIONING OF THE BOAT.