Bracket for mounting a thruster to a boat
AssigneeThe Yacht Group LLC
InventorGerald Berton
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Abstract
A bracket for mounting a thruster to a boat includes a horizontal neck portion, an upper mounting support portion, a support plate portion that extends downward from the upper mounting support portion, and an enclosure portion. The support plate portion and the rear of the upper mounting support portion form a transom-facing surface in a plane that is generally at a right angle relative to a horizontal plane, within a small range of angles. The transom-facing surface can angled to match the angle of the transom of a boat to which the thruster bracket is mounted. A thruster can be mounted to the thruster bracket at a level where the thruster will be out of the water when the boat is moving fast and up on plane, and will be in the water when the boat is moving very slow.
Claims20
A bracket for mounting a thruster to a boat, the bracket comprising:
- a vertical member configured to mate with an external surface of a transom of a boat;
- a hollow connector which extends from the vertical member and is configured to pass through the transom to attach the vertical member to the boat at the transom;
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- a horizontal member that extends horizontally from the vertical member and includes at least one thruster connector for attachment of a thruster to the horizontal member, wherein the horizontal member is hollow having an internal space that leads from an internal side of the hollow connector to the at least one thruster connector.
In combination, a thruster and a bracket, the bracket comprising a horizontal member and a vertical member, the vertical member having a transom-facing surface, the horizontal member being hollow and including an enclosure at a free end of the horizontal member, the horizontal member including at least one connector for attachment of the thruster to the horizontal member, the vertical member including at least one fastener for attaching the vertical member to a boat.
In combination, a thruster, a bracket, and a boat, the bracket comprising a horizontal member and a vertical member, the vertical member having a transom-facing surface, the horizontal member being hollow and including an enclosure at a free end of the horizontal member, the horizontal member including at least one connector for attachment of the thruster to the horizontal member, the vertical member including at least one fastener for attaching the vertical member to the boat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.