# US 4,381,069 A · Outboard motor carrier for motor vehicle

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- Number: US 4,381,069 A
- Document ID: US4381069A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/377,745
- Filed: 1982-05-13
- Granted: 1983-04-26
- Earliest claimed: 1980-09-22
- Inventors: Steven C. Kreck
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4381069A

## CPC

- B60R 9/06: at vehicle front or rear {(rear luggage compartments within vehicle extensible externally of the vehicle body B60R5/041)}
- F02B 61/045: {for marine engines}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F02B: INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (gas-turbine plants F02C; hot-gas or combustion-product positive-displacement engine plants F02G)

## Abstract

A rigid metal support arm is pivotally mounted at its lower end in a bracket secured to an appropriate external structure, such as a trailer hitch, on a vehicle. The bracket has a metal channel affixed to extend upwardly at an angle from the vertical to receive the lower end of the pivoted support arm that is secured in the channel with a locking pin or the like. The upper end of the support arm is angled backward in the opposite direction and supports a flat metal plate that is covered on both sides with attached flat wooden sheets to serve like a transom for attaching the clamps of an outboard motor. With the locking pin removed, the arm can be pivoted out of engagement in the channel and downwardly to permit the clamps to be attached to the transom while the motor rests on the ground. With the motor attached, the arm is pivoted upwardly to be locked in position in the channel so that the weight of the motor is over the support bracket.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A mounting structure for transporting an outboard motor on a motor vehicle comprising:
a bracket means adapted to be securely attached to an external structure on a motor vehicle;
a rigid metal channel extending upwardly at an angle from said bracket means;
an elongated supporting arm mounted at its lower end to said channel with a lower portion above said lower end receivable into an upper opening in said channel to be supported in an upright position at said angle and a flat plate extending outwardly from its upper end to be engaged with the mounting clamps of an outboard motor; and,
locking means for securing said lower portion of said supporting arm in its upright position within said channel, said supporting arm having said upper end angled obtusely to said supporting arm so that the outboard motor clamped to said plate is held vertically with its center of gravity above the bracket means when said supporting arm is in said upright position, said flat plate extending in a plane at the same obtuse angle to said supporting arm as said upper end.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The mounting structure of claim 1 wherein:
said flat plate comprises a flat metal plate permanently affixed to the upper end of said supporting arm with flat wooden sheets affixed to either side to act like a boat transom for securing the outboard motor clamps.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The mounting structure of claim 2 wherein:
said bracket means consists of a length of square steel tubing having an inside dimension for slidable insertion over a conventional trailer hitch bar affixed to the rear of a motor vehicle.