Trolling motors for bass boats
OwnerDennis F. Burgessinventor
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Abstract
An electric trolling motor is journalled by a rotatable shaft into the hull and deck of a fishing boat and a foot control disk on the shaft is positioned on the deck for control of the steering of the boat by a fisherman with both hands employed with a fishing pole. The motor control assembly is simply a motor housing with a shaft extending therefrom for rotatably mounting through the hull of a fishing boat and a disc on the shaft for mounting at deck level for foot control of the shaft rotation by a fisherman in his regular fishing position.
Claims14
An electric trolling motor for a fishing boat including a deck, the motor being controllable by the foot of a fisherman in the boat, comprising in combination,
- a motor housing encompassing an electric motor with a propeller drive shaft extending therefrom,
- a propeller attached to the drive shaft,
- a motor position control shaft having a first end affixed to the motor housing, the control shaft vertically extending from the motor housing when it is disposed to hold the propeller shaft horizontally in the water for trolling and having a second end spaced axially from the first end,
- mounting means for rotatively mounting the control shaft through a bottom of the boat so that the motor housing will rotate with rotation of the control shaft, and
- foot-operable control means directly connected to the second end of the control shaft for rotation therewith and including an upwardly facing surface positioned level with an upper surface of the deck of the boat when the trolling motor is in its operative position to permit rotation of the control shaft and thereby position the direction of the motor housing and propeller drive shaft under the boat in the water by manipulation of the foot-operable control means with the foot of a fisherman, so that the boat may be steered while a fishing rod is held in the hands.
An electric trolling motor for a fishing boat having a deck, the motor mounted on one end of a rotatable position control shaft extending through the hull of the boat in a position accessible by a fisherman, and a foot-operable disc directly mounted on the other end of the position control shaft to control the rotation of the shaft by the fisherman when fishing with both hands on a rod, the foot-operable disc oriented to be recessed in and substantially level with the deck to permit comfortable control of the trolling motor when the fisherman is in both standing and sitting positions.
An electric trolling motor for a fishing boat having a deck and a recessed housing in the deck, a motor position control shaft extending from the motor for mounting rotatably through the hull of the boat, and a foot-operated control disc directly affixed to the control shaft for rotation of the shaft and motor by a fisherman in the boat, the disc carried in the housing and having an upper surface level with the deck for rotation by the foot of a fisherman.
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