Small boat dry storage facility

Claim 1

A DRY STORAGE FACILITY FOR BOATS OF NOT GREATER THAN A PREDETERMINED LENGTH IN WHICH BOATS CAN BE STORED AND SELECTIVELY REMOVED THEREFROM FOR USE ON A BODY OF WATER, AND REMOVED FROM SAID WATER FOR STORAGE OR MAINTENANCE INCLUDING: (A) TWO PARALLEL, LATERALLY SPACED RUNWAYS THAT EXTEND AT LEAST PARTIALLY OVER SAID BODY OF WATER; (B) TWO ELONGATE OPEN FRAMEWORKS SEPARATED BY A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CORRIDOR OF GREATER WIDTH THAN SAID PREDETERMINED LENGTH OF SAID BOAT, WHICH FRAMEWORKS ARE DEFINED BY A PLURALITY OF VERTICAL COLUMNS AND CROSS PIECES; (C) A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTAL, VERTICALLY SPACED BOAT SUPPORTS THAT ARE MOUNTED ON SAID COLUMNS AND DISPOSED ADJACENT TO SAID CORRIDOR; (D) A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY SPACED RESILIENT SLINGS EXTENDING BETWEEN THE OUTERMOST OF SAID COLUMNS IN SAID FRAMEWORKS, WITH SAID BOAT SUPPORTS AND SLINGS CO-OPERATIVELY DEFINING A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS IN WHICH SAID BOATS CAN BE REMOVABLY POSITIONED, WITH EACH OF SAID BOATS WHEN SO POSITIONED HAVING THE BOW PORTION THEREOF SUPPORTED BY ONE OF SAID SLINGS AND THE STERN PORTION THEREOF BY SAID BOAT SUPPORTS; (E) FIRST MEANS FOR SUPPORTING ONE OF SAID BOATS TO MOVE THE SAME FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER; (F) POWER-DRIVEN CRANE MEANS SITUATED IN SAID CORRIDOR AND MOVABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID RUNWAYS, SAID CRANE MEANS HAVING A MOVABLE PORTION THEREOF CONNECT TO SAID FIRST MEANS, WHICH MOVABLE PORTION AND SAID FIRST MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO BE MOVED VERTICALLY TO DEPOSIT ONE OF SAID BOATS IN SAID BODY OF WATER OR REMOVE ONE OF SAID BOATS THEREFROM, SAID CRANE MEANS CAPABLE OF BEING MOVED LONGITUDINALLY ON SAID RUNWA S UNTIL IT IS IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH A DESIRED ONE OF SAID COMPARTMENTS TO PERMIT SAID MOVABLE PORTION AND SAID FIRST MEANS TO BE MOVED VERTICALLY AND TRANSVERSELY TO DEPOSIT ONE OF SAID BOATS IN SAID DESIRED COMPARTMENT OR LIFT ONE OF SAID BOATS THEREFROM.