Safe tender lift

Abstract

The invention comprises of a tenderlift (1) for watercraft with a high safety standard, such as the safe picking up of the tender (7) by means of guide sticks (9a, b), curved elements (9c), deadrise elements (10), tender locking (11) as well as for an easier positioning of the tender on the platform (8) with an integrated revolving plate (12) which) can be accordingly turned by coercion adjustment or by means of an operating cylinder (19). In addition the swivel arms (3a, b) are concealed, so that no gap (3c) can occur and no bruising of limbs or other means can occur. When the tenderlift (1) goes down, the integrated ladder (25), lying under the platform (8), automatically extends with the stroke (H), which has release elements (28) on the pivot bearing (27)

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The invention is based on a tender lift for watercraft, which serves as a lifting platform for persons, but especially as a lift for tenders and similar enabling them to be taken up, to be parked and to be locked, according to a high safety standard, which also includes the lifting mechanism and the connecting stair, according to the generic name of the first claim.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Height adjustable carrier platforms are being used more and more to collect tender boats, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,157,596, GB 2319014, DE 199 63 057 C1, or WO 03 / 106254 A1, but also for the convenient boarding and deboarding of bathing guests and divers. Besides this, height adjustable carrier platforms are also being used for commercial purposes, as for e.g. in rescue operations.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0003]The invention involves that, at the transom of a watercraft, a height adjustable platform is fixed, which, at the same time, can be a swim platform and a ...

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Benefits of technology

[0003]The invention involves that, at the transom of a watercraft, a height adjustable platform is fixed, which, at the same time, can be a swim platform and a tender platform with the aim being the controlled pick up of tenders and similar and which places these in a space-saving manner on the platform or in an adjacent garage and fixes these in a manner fit for travelling on the sea. Furthermore the mechanism is designed in such a way that the swivel arms safely avoid cutting and bruising. So as not to use the lift continually when this is in the down position, for e.g. to bring something quickly on board or to cast off, there is a simple, integrated and in case of overload releasable connecting stair available so that one can move quickly and easily from the watercraft to the platform and vice versa.

[0006]Core of the invention is a lift, fixed to the transom of a watercraft, which serves as a bathing and tender platform and which guarantees a high safety standard with regard to reliable and space-saving picking up of a tender without the assistance of third parties, as well as having a built in safety mechanism to avoid cutting and bruising, as well as having a smart, self-unfolding ladder integrated between the watercraft's transom and the lift

Problems solved by technology

The pickup of a tender boat or jetski, here called in the abbreviated form tender, is not easy to accomplish in choppy sea as the yacht has a different rolling and pitching movement compared to the small tender.

The positioning, the securing and finally the locking of the lifting platform with the tender is executed without the help of third parties; as in this regard this is a further precautionary measure as people on the lifting platform trying to turn and rig the tender are risk factors especially on leisure craft yachts as often no professional crew is on board.

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