Propeller hub reflector holder
OwnerRobert C. Burdickinventor
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Abstract
Traffic warning apparatus is mounted on a boat propeller hub flange, and comprises: A. an elastomer holder in the form of a disc having a main body and a peripheral frusto-conical lip at one side of the body, the lip defining an axis and the lip tapering axially away from said main body of the disc to removably receive the hub flange periphery between the disc main body and the lip, and B. traffic warning means carried by the holder and openly facing axially away from the disc at the opposite side thereof.
Claims5
In combination with a boat propeller hub having a frusto-conical flange the outer surface of which flares axially rearwardly toward the flange terminal, the combination comprising
- a. an elastomer holder in the form of a disc having a main body and a peripheral frusto-conical lip at one side of the body, the lip defining an axis and the lip tapering axially away from said main body of the disc to removably receive the hub flange periphery between the disc main body and the lip, and
- b. a light reflector carried by the main body of the holder and openly facing axially rearwardly away from the disc at the opposite side thereof, and to extend across the main extent of the area rearwardly subtended by the disc,
- c. the hub and flange both being annular and the hub forming a central exhaust passage which is blocked by the holder and reflector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.