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US 2001/0036776 A1Published application
Propeller safety guard for outboard and stern drive motors
OwnerGerard P. Rapsinventor
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The Propeller Safety Guard is a wire mesh type enclosure covering the perimeter of the propeller as well as the rear plan of the propeller. The upper section of the guard is bolted to the underside of the outboard motor anticavitation plate. The lower section of the guard is bolted to the skeg of the outboard motor by a connection mounting bracket which has along gated holes to allow for adjust ability in order to locate the ideal position on the motor skeg for mounting the guard. This guard encloses the propeller from the two most dangerous exposures, the propeller tips rotating and the rear of the propeller. The forward section of the propeller is to some extent protected by the lower leg of the outboard motor.
A Propeller Safety Guard attached by means of fasteners to the underside of the anti-cavitation plate of an outboard motor or inboard—outboard drive of a boat.
A wire mesh circular guard enclosing the outer perimeter of the propeller and the rear (aft) section of the propeller.
An upper mounting plate permanently attached to the circular wire mesh and rear wire mesh and mounting plate to have an open center section forward and closed section rearward and each side of open center section to have a half moon shaped cutout with holes located in each corner to allow mounting to underside of anti-cavitation plate.
A permanently attached elongated sliding plate at the lower section of the guard allowing for forward-aft adjustment of the lower mounting brackets.
Two symmetrical mounting brackets of which one is attached to the left side of the skeg and the other one to the right side of the skeg by means of fasteners and the 90 degree bend bottom ends of the brackets are fastened via elongated holes through the elongated sliding plate and below it through a re-enforced plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.