Spare propeller support dock with embedded pin storage
AssigneeSocialsmoking.Com LLC
InventorMichael Lee Maddux
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Abstract
A spare propellor dock configured with a base plate having a bottom planar surface and a center hole configured for mating to a support shaft. The base plate has at least two mounting holes disposed about the base plate allowing mounting of the dock to a planar surface. A support shaft sized to fit through a propellor's hub is coupled to the center hole of the base plate and a top portion with threads for mating to a nut. The shaft and/or base plate has at least one shear pin housing hole, wherein the dock provides both a support mechanism for a propellor and stores a shear pin.
Claims13
A spare propellor dock, comprising:
- a base plate having a bottom planar surface and a center hole configured for mating to a support shaft;
- at least two mounting holes disposed about the base plate allowing mounting of the dock to a planar surface;
- a support shaft sized to fit through a propellor's hub, a bottom portion being coupled to the center hole of the base plate, a top portion having threads for mating to a nut;
- and
- at least one shear pin housing hole disposed in at least one of a horizontally oriented hole in the shaft and a vertically oriented hole in the base,
- wherein the dock provides both a support mechanism for a propellor and stores a shear pin.
A spare propellor dock, comprising:
- a base plate having a bottom planar surface and a center hole configured for mating to a support shaft;
- at least two mounting holes disposed about the base plate allowing mounting of the dock to a planar surface;
- a bolt sized to fit through a propellor's hub, a bottom portion being coupled to threads in the center hole of the base plate;
- and
- at least one shear pin housing hole disposed in at least one of a horizontally oriented hole in the bolt and a vertically oriented hole in the base,
- wherein the dock provides both a support mechanism for a propellor and stores a shear pin.
A method for securing a propellor to a propellor dock, comprising:
- forming a base plate having a bottom planar surface having a center hole in the base plate for mating to a support shaft;
- attaching a support shaft sized to fit through a propellor's hub to the center hole of the base plate, a top portion of the shaft having threads for mating to a nut and a bottom portion of the shaft having at least one shear pin housing hole containing a shear pin;
- mounting the propellor dock to a planar surface by screwing through mounting holes disposed about base plate;
- fitting a propellor over the support shaft;
- placing a washer over the top of the shaft;
- placing a nut over the top of the shaft;
- and
- tightening the nut to secure the propellor to the dock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.