Bow motor assembly and motor lift mechanism

A boat and motor assembly comprising:

• a boat having a hull with a compartment opening in the bottom thereof;
• a boat motor of the type having a motor support means and a propeller assembly at the lower end of the motor support means;
• a housing located on said hull and defining a retaining compartment, said compartment opening of the hull being open to the retaining compartment of the housing;
• means mounting the boat motor on the housing with the motor support means extending into the compartment;
• extendible and contractible means to raise and lower the motor support means between a first up position with the propeller assembly located in the compartment and a second down position with a portion of the motor support means extended through the compartment opening and with the propeller assembly located beneath the hull in position to provide motive force to the boat;
• said extendible and contractible means comprising a bar secured to the motor support means, said bar having an elongated groove along the length thereof and an elongated mouth open to the groove, an elongated flexible member having a size to be pressed into the groove, roller means located adjacent the mouth for pressing the cable into the groove when the flexible member is pushed, said flexible member being extracted from the groove when the flexible member is pulled, and means for selectively pushing and pulling the flexible means to move the propeller assembly out of and into the compartment.

Apparatus for mounting a boat motor of the type having a shaft and a propeller assembly at the end of the shaft, on a boat having a hull, for raising and lowering the boat motor relative to the boat, comprising:

• a housing mounted on the bottom of the hull on the interior surface thereof and defining a compartment, said hull having a compartment opening open to the compartment of the housing, means including a support and a member mounted for movement relative to the support mounting the motor on the housing with the propeller assembly and motor extended into the compartment, said support and housing having cooperating means for holding the support on the housing, said support being releasable from the housing to allow the motor and propeller assembly to be removed from the housing, extendible and contractible means to selectively raise and lower the motor and propeller assembly between a first up position with the motor and propeller assembly located in the compartment and a second down position with the motor and the propeller assembly located beneath the hull in position to provide motive force to the boat, the extendible and contractible means including an elongated bar secured to the member movably mounting the motor on the support, said bar having an elongated groove along the length thereof and an elongated mouth open to the groove, an elongated cable having a size to be pressed into the groove, roller means located adjacent the mouth for pressing the cable into the groove when the cable is pushed, said cable being extracted from the groove when the cable is pulled, and means for selectively pushing and pulling the cable to move the motor out of and into the compartment;
• cover means is pivotally connected to the hull for pivotal movement between a closed position in covering relationship to the compartment opening, and an open position in clearing relationship to the compartment opening, plate means mounted on the member above the motor, link means connected to the plate means and cover means, means pivotally connecting the link means to the cover means remote from the pivotal connection of the cover means to the hull whereby when the motor and propeller assembly are moved from the closed position to the open position, and the link means is located in an upright position adjacent the motor.