Boat lift

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION OF A BOAT HANDLING APPARATUS WITH A BOAT SHELTER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY UPRIGHT WALL PROTRUDING ABOVE THE SURFACE OF A BODY OF WATER AND A STATIONARY ROOF FIXED TO SAID WALL AND EXTENDING OVER THE WATER, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BOAT SUPPORTING CRADLE WITHIN SAID SHELTER AND CAPABLE OF EXTEND ING LONGITUDINALLY UNDER A BOAT TO SEAT THE LATTER LONGITUDINALLY THEREON, BRACKET MEANS FIXED TO SAID UPRIGHT WALL AND INCLUDING VERTICALLY SHIFTABLE PIVOT MEANS SUPPORTING ONE END OF THE CRADLE AT ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS RELATIVE TO THE SURFACE OF THE WATER SO THAT SAID ONE END OF THE CRADLE MAY BE PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE WATER, AND AN OVERHEAD LIFT AND LOWERING MEANS WITHIN THE SHELTER SECURED TO SAID ROOF AND CONNECTED TO THE CRADLE REMOTE FROM SAID PIVOT MEANS TO RAISE AND LOWER THE OTHER END OF THE CRADLE ABOVE AND BELOW THE WATER, SAID LIFT AND LOWERING MEANS CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID CRADLE FROM A BOAT RECEIVING POSITION IN WHICH THE CRADLE DEPENDS AT AN ANGLE FROM SAID PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED ONE END WITH THE OTHER END BELOW THE WATER TO A BOAT ELEVATING POSITION IN WHICH SAID OTHER END IS LIFTED ABOVE THE WATER.