Shipping container for outboard motor
AssigneeNorth American Container Corporation
InventorJohn M. Grigsby
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Abstract
A wood cleated reinforced paper board shipping container for outboard motors including a bottom frame, a bottom box to enclose the powerhead end of the motor, a motor mounting frame, a gear case housing pad, an exhaust housing pad, and an upper box to enclose the gear case end of the motor, the motor rigidly mounted in the frame powerhead down in the container configured to protect the motor from damage while experiencing rough handling during shipping and warehousing of the motor.
Claims20
A container for supporting a large outboard motor during shipment, comprising:
- a bottom box to enclose the powerhead end of the motor;
- a frame connected to the lower end of the bottom box;
- a motor mount frame connected to the upper end of the bottom box, adapted to receive and support the motor;
- a gear case pad having a pair of depending side wings which connect the gear case pad to the motor mount frame;
- an exhaust housing pad extending at an angle upwardly from the motor mount frame towards the gear case pad;
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- a top box to cover the gear case pad, the top box connected at its lower end to the upper end of the bottom box.
A container for enclosing and supporting an outboard motor for shipment or warehouse storage, comprising:
- a bottom box to enclose the powerhead end of the motor, the bottom box having a first longitudinally extending corner cleat adjacent each interior vertical corner of the bottom box and a first side cleat on laterally opposite sides of the box;
- a frame having a plurality of spaced apart members connected at their ends by a a pair of transverse members, the lower ends of the first corner and the first side cleats contacting the transverse members;
- a motor frame connected to the upper ends of the first corner and the first side cleats, the frame adapted to receive and support the motor in a powerhead down position;
- a gear case pad having a pair of side wings depending from the gear case pad, the distal end of each wing adjacent and connected to the motor frame;
- an exhaust housing pad extending at an angle upwardly from the motor frame towards the gear case pad;
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- a top box to cover the gear case pad, having a second longitudinally extending corner cleat adjacent each interior vertical corner of the top box and a second side cleat on laterally opposite sides of the box, the lower ends of the second corner and the second side cleats contacting the motor frame, the top box connected at its lower end to the upper end of the bottom box adjacent the motor frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.