Outboard motors having side and rear laydown capability
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorsTodd D. Dannenberg, Matthew Z. Seta, Stephen R. Collins
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Abstract
An outboard motor has a cowling, a gearcase, a midsection located axially between the cowling and the gearcase, a steering arm extending forwardly from the midsection, and an anti-ventilation plate between the midsection and the gearcase. A wing extends laterally from the steering arm. The wing, a lateral side of the cowling, and a lateral side of the gearcase together define a side tripod which supports the outboard motor in a side laydown position. The anti-ventilation plate has a rear edge with laterally outer rear support members, which together with the rear of the cowling form a rear tripod which supports the outboard motor in a rear laydown position.
Claims20
An outboard motor extending from top to bottom in an axial direction, from side to side in a lateral direction which is perpendicular to the axial direction, and from front to rear in a longitudinal direction which is perpendicular to the axial direction and perpendicular to the lateral direction, the outboard motor comprising a cowling, a gearcase, a midsection located axially between the cowling and the gearcase, a steering arm extending forwardly from the midsection, and a wing extending laterally from the steering arm, wherein the wing, a lateral side of the cowling, and a lateral side of the gearcase together define a substantially planar side tripod which supports the outboard motor in a side laydown position on a substantially flat surface.
An outboard motor extending from top to bottom in an axial direction, from side to side in a lateral direction which is perpendicular to the axial direction, and from front to rear in a longitudinal direction which is perpendicular to the axial direction and perpendicular to the lateral direction, the outboard motor comprising a cowling, a gearcase, a midsection located axially between the cowling and the gearcase, and an anti-ventilation plate between the midsection and the gearcase, the anti-ventilation plate having a rear edge with laterally outer rear support members, which together with the rear of the cowling form a rear tripod which supports the outboard motor in a substantially planar rear laydown position on a substantially flat surface.
An outboard motor extending from top to bottom in an axial direction,
- from side to side in a lateral direction which is perpendicular to the axial direction, and from front to rear in a longitudinal direction which is perpendicular to the axial direction and perpendicular to the lateral direction, the outboard motor comprising:
- a cowling,
- a gearcase,
- a midsection located axially between the cowling and the gearcase,
- a steering arm extending forwardly from the midsection,
- a wing extending laterally from the steering arm, wherein the wing, a lateral side of the cowling, and a lateral side of the gearcase together define a substantially planar side tripod which supports the outboard motor in a side laydown position on a substantially flat surface, and
- an anti-ventilation plate between the midsection and the gearcase, the anti-ventilation plate having a rear edge with laterally outer rear support members, which together with the rear of the cowling form a substantially planar rear tripod which supports the outboard motor in a rear laydown position on a substantially flat surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.