Boat loading and launching carrier

Claim 1

A boat loading and launching carrier for vehicle bodies (comprising) having a frame secured upon ("a") the vehicle body (and having), a lateral boat supporting roller mounted upon the rear portion (thereof) of the frame, and a centrally disposed idler puller on the forward end of said frame; comprising a rectangular carriage having a pair of laterally spaced apart, longitudinally extending side rails moveably supported upon the roller; a carriage holddown means disposed centrally on the forward end of the carriage; (a pivot means) a pair of laterally spaced apart, rearwardly facing hooks secured beneath the forward end of the carriage and adapted to engage the roller to limit the downward movement of the carriage around the roller as the carriage and the boat approach gravity operated tilting positions; laterally spaced apart cooperative, separable (hinged) hinge means between the rear end of the carriage and the stern of (a) the boat; a line passed over the holddown means and around the idler pulley; laterally spaced apart, separable means connecting the free end of the line to an intermediate part of the boat; and a power operated reversible means on the vehicle body for controlling payout and winding in of the line, whereby tension in said line between the holddown means and the boat eases the carriage and the boat as they move on the roller from loaded toward tilted positions into engagement of the (pivot means) hooks with the roller.