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US 4,304,556 AGranted
Boat bracket
OwnerLarry E. Wilsoninventor
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Abstract
A bracket is provided for attaching an outdrive auxiliary motor to a motor boat. The auxiliary motor functions as a source of emergency power and the bracket enables mounting of the auxiliary motor in place without impairing the maneuverability of the boat either under its normal source of power or its auxiliary source.
Claims3
A bracket for attaching an auxiliary motor to a boat having a main drive unit which main drive unit is pivotably movable between an up position wherein the drive unit is raised out of the water and a down position wherein the drive unit is lowered into the water, said bracket comprising:
- (a) a first arm having means at one end for pivotable connection to an upper portion of the said drive unit;
- (b) a second arm having at one end means for pivotable connection to a lower portion of the drive unit and means at the other end for pivotable connection to the first arm;
- (c) a third arm having means at one end for pivotable connection to an upper portion of said drive unit;
- (d) a fourth arm having at one end means for pivotable connection to a lower portion of the drive unit and means at the other end for pivotable connection to the third arm;
- (e) said first and second arms being pivotably attached on one side of the main drive unit and forming a first arm set, said third and fourth arms being pivotably attached on the other side of the main drive unit and forming a second arm set;
- (f) spacer means for separating and forming a space between the first arm set and the second arm set so that the drive unit may be raised and lowered in the space so formed;
- (g) extension means for attachment to said spacer means having means for receiving the auxiliary motor so as to locate said auxiliary motor out of the path of the drive unit when it is moved from its lowered position to its raised position.
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