US 11,834,136 B2
Watercraft storage system
Charles Robert McCartney, Maple Grove, MN (US); and Weston Kelly DeMorrett, Harris, MN (US)
Assigned to Premier Acquisition Company, LLC, Elk River, MN (US)
Filed by PREMIER ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC, Elk River, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/092,259.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/933,242, filed on Nov. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0139110 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. B63B 19/14 (2006.01); B63B 27/16 (2006.01); B63B 25/00 (2006.01); B66F 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 27/16 (2013.01) [B63B 19/14 (2013.01); B63B 25/004 (2013.01); B66F 7/065 (2013.01); B66F 2700/09 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watercraft storage system comprising:
a containment enclosure, wherein said containment enclosure comprises a suspendable shelf extending downwardly from and connecting to a floorboard of a watercraft, wherein said suspendable shelf comprises a bottom plate and a pair of sidewalls integrally connecting therewith, each of said sidewalls having an upper edge configured with a flange for accommodating attachment to the watercraft, and wherein said containment enclosure comprises a pair of end caps attached to said pair of sidewalls and said bottom plate and each having a mount flange for accommodating attachment to the watercraft;
a scissor lift housed within said containment enclosure and having a base platform configured with a pair of upward mounts, an upper platform configured with a pair of downward mounts, and a pair of moveable supports each having an innermost cross member configured with a first end and a second end and an outermost cross member configured with a first end and a second end;
wherein said scissor lift further comprises:
an upper end shaft having ends engaging with and capable of rotating relatively to said pair of downward mounts;
a lower end shaft having ends engaging with and capable of rotating relatively to said pair of upward mounts;
a lower forward shaft having ends capable of traversing said base platform;
an upper forward shaft having ends capable of traversing said upper platform;
a supportive cross rod being fixedly connected to each of said innermost cross members and having ends each engaging with and capable of rotating relatively to each of said outermost cross members;
an actuator connecting to said base platform and said lower forward shaft for raising and lowering said upper platform relatively to said base platform; and
wherein said first ends of the outermost cross members and said first ends of the innermost cross members respectively attach to said upper end shaft and said lower end shaft and said second ends of the outermost cross members and said second ends of the innermost cross members respectively attach to said lower forward shaft and said upper forward shaft.