Pivoting Boat Trailer Centering Kit for Precise Loading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Navigating a boat trailer into the water for retrieving a vessel can be challenging, especially in adverse weather conditions, requiring precision and control to align the boat with the trailer.
Innovation Solution
A boat centering kit comprising a first and second support member, pivots, and alignment members attached to a boat trailer, which assist in aligning the boat by using pivots and springs to guide the boat onto the trailer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional manual alignment methods are used, then the operator has flexibility in maneuvering the boat, but alignment precision deteriorates in adverse weather conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces alignment members as intermediary elements between the boat and trailer. These members extend outward to provide early contact points that guide the boat into proper alignment before the boat makes full contact with the trailer, thereby improving alignment precision while reducing the impact of adverse weather conditions on the maneuvering process
2Measurement precision
If alignment members extend far outward, then alignment precision improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The alignment system is segmented into multiple independent alignment members, each mounted on separate support structures. This segmentation allows each component to be simple in design while collectively providing precise alignment through their distributed arrangement, thereby reducing individual component complexity while maintaining overall system precision
3Measurement precision
If multiple alignment members are used, then alignment precision improves, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple alignment members are merged into a coordinated system where they work together to provide alignment guidance. The support members are positioned and configured to create a unified alignment zone, allowing the boat to be guided by the collective arrangement rather than requiring separate adjustment of each alignment member, thereby maintaining precision while improving ease of operation
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The kit provides improved alignment of boats on trailers, enhancing precision and control during loading, even in adverse conditions.
Implementation Method 1
a first pivot attachable to the first support member and the second pivot attachable to the second support member
Data Source
AI summary
Boat centering kits, boat centering systems, and methods of the like are described. An example boat centering kit has a first support member, a first pivot, a first alignment member, a second alignment member, a second support member, a second pivot, a third alignment member, and a fourth alignment member. The first pivot is attachable to the first support member and the second pivot is attachable to the second support member. The first alignment member and the second alignment member are attachable to the first support member. The third alignment member and the fourth alignment member are attachable to the second support member.