| 摘要 |
An automatic boat to trailer latching device. The invention is designed primarily to facilitate one person boat to trailer recovery operations, particularly in less than ideal conditions, such as choppy water surface, cross winds, and after dark or predawn recoveries. The invention allows operation of the boat to trailer latching mechanism without requiring constant vertical alignment of the boat and trailer, without requiring longitudinal alignment of the boat and trailer during the approach and permits one person to complete the operation either in the boat, or behind the boat, in daylight, or darkness, in positions where the actual latch mechanism cannot be visually observed. The invention is a boat to host trailer latch assembly generally comprised of an elongated vertically extended latch bar adapted to be secured to the prow of a boat and a latch structure adapted to mounted on the forward end of a boat trailer. The latch bar is guided into the latch structure by a funnel mechanism and entry of the latch bar into the latch structure, by means of contacting a lever, causes the latch mechanism to operate automatically, by releasing a latch bolt which is biased into the latching position and holds the latch bar and place it within the latch structure. The invention additionally includes a flag and light structure for visually locating the latch structure when recovering a boat, and for indicating when a successful latching operation has been completed.
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