Winch assembly for use with a boat trailer or the like

Winch assembly for use with a boat trailer or the like
Abstract
A boat trailer having a frame, wheel unit, an adjustably mounted winch unit including a keel engaging member, an elongated second keel engaging member pivotally mounted on the frame rearwardly of the winch unit and self-centering to engage a longitudinal length of the keel, a pair of fender units each of which is reversibly mountable on either side of the frame for projecting a wheel, a pair of unitary post load guide brackets slidably engaged with the rear of the frame members and each supporting both a post guide and a rear taillight, a cross member pivotally and longitudinally adjustably mounted at each end to a frame member, and a pair of bunks and a pair of aligned, resiliently mounted roller units interchangeably mounted on said cross member for providing an automatic, full line engagement of either the bunks or the roller units with the bottom of the hull, when loaded, in combination with the second keel engaging member, forming a self-adjusting three point support of the...

What is claimed is:
1. A winch assembly for use with a boat trailer having a tongue at the front end thereof, said which assembly comprising:

winch means adapted to rotatably mount a cable for removable attachement to a boat to be movably mounted onto the boat trailer; and
stand means adjustably mounted on the tongue and movable between an upright position and a position tilted toward the rear end of the boat trailer, said stand means supporting said winch means;
and wherein said stand means comprises a channel shaped member having a bottom portion adapted to straddle the tongue;
and further wherein said member has a pair of transversely aligned first openings formed forwardly in the bottom portion for receiving a connecting element therethrough, and said member having further a pair of transversely aligned, plurality of second openings formed rearwardly in the bottom portion and also formed in an upwardly, rearwardly curving arc, said second openings spaced apart, each transversely aligned pair of second openings adapted to receive a second connecting element.
2. A winch assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein a keel engaging means is vertically adjustably mounted within said member.