Locking device for securing an outboard motor to a boat
OwnerLouis Coppolainventor
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Abstract
A locking device for preventing the unauthorized removal of an outboard motor from a boat, where the outboard motor is clamped to the boat by a C-clamp, which is bolted to the stern of the boat. The locking device includes a casing which has holes aligned with the holes in the clamp to accommodate the bolts which can pass through the casing prior to their entry into the clamp thereby holding the casing in abutting relationship with the clamp while the boltheads are contained internally of the casing. A cover for the casing is pivotally connected to the casing at one end thereof, and contains a locking member at the other end therefor for securing the cover to the casing.
Claims3
A locking device for locking an outboard motor against removal from a boat wherein the motor is secured to the boat by a clamp and bolts, the clamp having holes therein and the bolts having boltheads thereon whereby the bolts pass through the holes and into a mounting on the boat so that the boltheads firmly hold the clamp in place, said locking device comprising:
- a casing having a rear wall, top and bottom walls, and two side walls, said rear wall having holes therein for alignment with the holes in the clamp and adapted to receive the bolts prior to their passing into the clamp such that said rear wall is secured in abutting relationship with the clamp and the boltheads are situated internally of said casing, said casing having a length greater than length of the clamp to substantially enclose the clamp;
- a cover having a front wall, top and bottom walls, and two side walls to define an open box, said cover being larger than said casing to receive said casing in said cover, said rear wall of said casing being spaced from said front wall of said cover by said top, bottom and side walls of said casing in a closed position of said cover;
- pin means disposed between said side walls of said casing and said cover for pivotally connecting said cover to said casing for moving said cover between said closed position and an opened position, the clamp and the boltheads being accessible when said cover is in said opened position, said pin means being located at end portions of said casing and said cover adjacent to said bottom walls of said casing and said cover;
- said top wall of said cover closely fitting said top wall of said casing in said closed position, said bottom wall of said cover being spaced apart from said bottom wall of said casing in said closed position for permitting pivotal movement of said cover to said opened position;
- a pair of aligned substantially identical longitudinal slots, one of said slots being provided in each of said side walls of said casing at an opposite end portion thereof remote from said pin means;
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- locking means for securing said cover to said casing when said cover is in said closed position, said locking means including a rotatable bar for transversely extending through both of said slots to provide a locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.