The modular boat lift cover for a watercraft comprises a gable assembly and an adjustable support structure. All of the straight components are packaged into the main box frame channels for simplicity in packaging as well as quality control, ensuring no components are missing during packaging and sh
The modular boat lift cover for a watercraft comprises a gable assembly and an adjustable support structure. All of the straight components are packaged into the main box frame channels for simplicity in packaging as well as quality control, ensuring no components are missing during packaging and shipping. The box frame channels have sufficient bulk to store the gable components during transport. The modular boat lift cover system has a robust, lightweight design that is compatible and adjustable for width, height and length as the boat owner modifies his existing boat or purchases a new boat, and that will protect the watercraft from the elements and will withstand even the severest of storms, undamaged as well as having the ability to be cantilevered. The modular boat lift cover is easy for the user to assemble and adjust on square lake style boat lifts, and the typically non-square tidal lifts.
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1. A modular boat lift cover for a first watercraft, said modular boat lift cover comprising: a gable assembly including; a plurality of peak fittings including two end peak fittings sandwiched about at least one internal peak fitting, said plurality of peak fittings being positioned on a peak of sa
1. A modular boat lift cover for a first watercraft, said modular boat lift cover comprising: a gable assembly including; a plurality of peak fittings including two end peak fittings sandwiched about at least one internal peak fitting, said plurality of peak fittings being positioned on a peak of said gable assembly;a plurality of support tubes being initially linear in shape but becoming bowed under stress, one of said plurality of support tubes being securely attachable to one of said plurality of peak fittings; anda first and a second box frame support member each supporting at least one of said plurality of support tubes, said first box frame support member being horizontally disposed, said plurality of support tubes being positionable inside said first box frame support member during shipping; anda cantilever bracing said gable assembly to a piling, said piling being a substantially vertical support disposed between a support structure and a waterway bottom. 2. The modular boat lift cover of claim 1, further comprising an end cap securely disposed nestably inside a first end of said first box frame support member, said end cap preventing debris from entering said first end of said first box frame support member when said end cap is disposed relative to said first end of said first box frame support member. 3. The modular boat lift cover of claim 1, further comprising a splice disposed between a second end of said first box frame support member and a first end of said second box frame support member at a box frame support component juncture, said splice reinforcing and providing additional strength to said box frame support component juncture. 4. The modular boat lift cover of claim 1, wherein said gable assembly is securely engageable with a canopy, said canopy being detachable from and reattachable to said modular boat lift cover, said canopy protecting said watercraft from sun and hurricane-level winds when said watercraft is at port. 5. The modular boat lift cover of claim 1, wherein said boat lift cover has a bowed configuration, at least a portion of a perimeter of said boat lift cover being reinforced by a modular rigid support frame. 6. The modular boat lift cover of claim 1, wherein said boat lift cover is usable for both lake type and tidal lifts. 7. The modular boat lift cover of claim 1, wherein said modular boat lift cover serves as a building block for expanding said modular boat lift cover to adapt to a second watercraft. 8. A modular boat lift cover for a first watercraft, said modular boat lift cover comprising: a gable assembly including; a plurality of peak fittings positioned on a peak of said gable assembly;a plurality of support tubes securely supporting said plurality of peak fittings, said plurality of support tubes securely engaging at least one of said plurality of peak fittings;a first and a second box frame support member each supporting at least one of said plurality of support tubes, said first and said second box frame support member being horizontally disposed, said plurality of support tubes being positionable inside said first or second box frame support member during shipping; andan end cap securely nestable inside a first end of said first box frame support member, said end cap preventing debris from entering said first end of said first box frame support member when said end cap is disposed relative to said first end of said first box frame support member; anda cantilever bracing said gable assembly to a piling, said piling being a substantially vertical support disposed between a support structure and a waterway bottom. 9. The modular boat lift cover of claim 8, further comprising a splice disposed between a second end of said first box frame support member and a first end of said second box frame support member at a box frame support component juncture, said splice reinforcing and providing additional strength to said box frame support component juncture. 10. The modular boat lift cover of claim 8, wherein said gable assembly is securely engageable with a canopy, said canopy being detachable from and reattachable to said modular boat lift cover, said canopy protecting said watercraft from sun and hurricane-level winds when said watercraft is at port. 11. The modular boat lift cover of claim 8, wherein said boat lift cover has a bowed configuration, at least a portion of a perimeter of said boat lift cover being reinforced by a modular rigid support frame. 12. The modular boat lift cover of claim 8, wherein said boat lift cover is usable for both lake type and tidal lifts. 13. The modular boat lift cover of claim 8, wherein said modular boat lift cover serves as a building block for expanding said modular boat lift cover to adapt to a second watercraft. 14. A modular boat lift cover for a first watercraft, said modular boat lift cover comprising: a gable assembly including; a plurality of peak fittings positioned on a peak of said gable assembly;a plurality of support tubes securely supporting said plurality of peak fittings, said plurality of support tubes securely engaging at least one of said plurality of peak fittings;a first and a second box frame support member each supporting at least one of said plurality of support tubes, said first and said second box frame support member being horizontally disposed, said plurality of support tubes being positionable inside said first or second box frame support member during shipping; anda splice disposed between a second end of said first box frame support member and a first end of said second box frame support member at a box frame support component juncture, said splice reinforcing and providing additional strength to said box frame support component juncture; anda cantilever bracing said gable assembly to a piling, said piling being a substantially vertical support disposed between a support structure and a waterway bottom. 15. The modular boat lift cover of claim 14, further comprising an end cap securely disposed nestably inside a first end of said first box frame support member, said end cap preventing debris from entering said first end of said first box frame support member when said end cap is disposed relative to said first end of said first box frame support member. 16. The modular boat lift cover of claim 14, wherein said gable assembly is securely engageable with a canopy, said canopy being detachable from and reattachable to said modular boat lift cover, said canopy protecting said watercraft from sun and hurricane-level winds when said watercraft is at port. 17. The modular boat lift cover of claim 14, wherein said boat lift cover has a bowed configuration, at least a portion of a perimeter of said boat lift cover being reinforced by a modular rigid support frame. 18. The modular boat lift cover of claim 14, wherein said boat lift cover is usable for both lake type and tidal lifts. 19. The modular boat lift cover of claim 14, wherein said modular boat lift cover serves as a building block for expanding said modular boat lift cover to adapt to a second watercraft. 20. The modular boat lift cover of claim 14, wherein said support tubes have a bowed configuration, being initially linear in shape but becoming bowed under stress, one of said plurality of bowed tubes being securely attachable to one of said plurality of peak fittings.
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Griffith Gary (3000 Shannon Dr. Punta Gorda FL 33982), Boat lift canopy.
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