Latch for deck mounted electric outboard
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorGordon C. Slattery
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Abstract
An over-center type latching device used to hold a deck mounted electric outboard in its retracted position on the deck of a boat. The latching device includes an arm member pivotally mounted at one end to a mounting bracket for the electric outboard, and a head member pivotally mounted to the other end of the arm member. The head member receives and fits around the support tube of the electric outboard, and is rotated over-center so that the spring pressure of the tube holds the latching device in a latched position. The head member may also include a lever for ease of operation and a safety lock that prevents it from being rotated until the safety lock is manually deactivated.
Claims7
A latching device for holding an outboard motor apparatus having a motor support member in a retracted position on a boat deck, comprising:
- an arm member including an inner end pivotally mounted for movement relative to the deck, and a free outer end;
- a head member pivotally mounted to the outer end of said arm member and movable between a latched and unlatched position, said head member including a portion for receiving the motor support member in an over-center relationship therewith such that said support member provides a biasing force against said head member to bias said head member in said over-center relationship;
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- safety lock means operable to hold said head member in said over-center latched relationship, said safety lock means including a latch means on said head member engageable with an abutment means on said arm member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.