Avalon R Hawkins

US Patent:

48953873, Jan 23, 1990

Filed:

Feb 21, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/312925

Inventors:

Avalon K. Hawkins - Louisville TN
David Norcutt - Louisville TN

International Classification:

B60P 310

US Classification:

2804141

Abstract:

A trailer for transporting boats is provided with an automatic centering structure having a pair of equal-length centering cables each having a first exterior end connected to a forward interior portion of the trailer frame, and a second interior end coupled to a snap-hook, which snap-hook is securable to a bow-eye of the boat being loaded onto the trailer. The centering cables position the bow of the boat along the longitudinal center of the trailer frame as the boat is driven onto the trailer under the boat's own power. Bunks or boards are also provided to aid in the centering procedure, for carrying loads, and for structural integrity.