Motor-tender lift
OwnerThomas A. Greeninventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for moving an outboard motor between a storage position adjacent a mother vessel and an operational position on a small boat floating generally adjacent the mother vessel. The apparatus comprises a mount for the outboard motor connectable to the small boat, a lifting arm connectable to the mother vessel at one end and connectable to the mount at the second end, and a mechanism for lifting the lifting arm from a lowered position to a raised position and for lifting the mount from the operational position to the storage position when the mount is connected to the lifting arm.
Claims13
An apparatus for simultaneously moving an outboard motor and small boat between a storage position generally against a mother vessel and an operational position floating generally adjacent the mother vessel, the apparatus comprising:
- a mount for the outboard motor;
- first connecting means for pivotally connecting the mount to the small boat;
- lifting arm means having a proximal end and a distal end and pivotally connectable to the mother vessel near the proximal end;
- second connecting means near the distal end of the lifting arm means for pivotally connecting the lifting arm means to the mount;
- and;
- lifting means for lifting the lifting arm means from a lowered position to a raised position and for lifting the mount from the operational position to the storage position when the mount is connected to the lifting arm.
In combination:
- two spaced apart boat connectors attachable to a mother craft, each boat connector having means for connecting the boat connector to a gunwale of a small boat floating adjacent the mother craft with the gunwale of the small boat generally parallel to the stern of the mother craft, each boat connector having a hinge whereby the small boat may be rotated upwards about the hinges generally 90.degree. to a storage position against the stern of the mother craft;
- and
- an apparatus for lifting an outboard motor in a generally upright orientation from an operational position on the stern of a small boat to a storage position against the stern of the mother craft, the apparatus comprising:
- a mount for the outboard motor connectable near a first end of the mount to the stern of the small boat, the mount being pivotable generally about the first end of the mount in a generally vertical plane when connected to the small boat, and the mount having a second end;
- a lifting arm pivotally connectable to the mother craft near a proximal end of the lifting arm, and generally near the water line at the stern of the mother craft, for pivoting in the generally vertical plane, the lifting arm having a distal end detachably and pivotally connectable to the motor mount near the second end of the motor mount, for pivoting in the generally vertical plane, and means for lifting the lifting arm from a lowered position, where the mount is in position on the stern of the small boat, to a raised position, where the distal end of the lifting arm is generally above the proximal end of the lifting arm and generally adjacent the stern of the mother vessel, so that, as the lifting arm is raised from the lowered position to the raised position, while the distal end of the arm is connected near the second end of the mount, the mount pivots away from the stern of the small boat about the first end of the mount and remains generally horizontal and the small boat is rotated from the floating position to the storage position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.