Boat motor support
AssigneeFulton Manufacturing Corporation
InventorGordon E. Weiss
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Abstract
A boat motor support for use in towing a boat on a boat trailer. The support is adapted to provide adjustable absorption of impact loads against either the trailer or the overhung motor itself. The support includes a trailer frame mount bracket at one end and a motor mount bracket at the other end thereof. The support includes telescoping members which may be relatively adjusted to shorten or lengthen the support. A plurality of elastic members are disposed within the telescoping members to cushion the longitudinal movement. The number, size and elasticity of the cushion members can be varied to alter the shock absorption properties of the support. As a result, the boat motor support can accommodate boat motors of different sizes and weights.
Claims19
A bracket for supporting a boat motor in an elevated position during transport of the boat on a trailer, said bracket attachable to the boat motor and the boat trailer, said bracket comprising:
- a hollow bracket member having an inner abutment surface;
- another bracket member telescopically cooperating with said hollow bracket member;
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- at least one resiliently compressible cushion member removably disposed within said hollow bracket member between said inner abutment surface and a secondary abutment surface, said at least one cushion member resiliently biasing the relative telescoping movement of said bracket members, said resilient biasing of the relative telescoping movement of said bracket members being selectively variable by varying the number of cushion members disposed between said inner abutment surface of said hollow bracket member and said secondary abutment surface.
A bracket for supporting a boat motor in an elevated position during transport of the boat on a trailer, said bracket attachable to the boat motor and the boat trailer, said bracket comprising:
- a first hollow bracket member having an inner abutment surface;
- a second bracket member telescopically received within said first bracket member, said second bracket member having an end abutment surface;
- at least one resiliently compressible cushion member removably disposed within said hollow bracket member between said inner abutment surface of said first bracket member and said end abutment surface of said second bracket member, said at least one cushion member resiliently biasing the relative telescoping compression of said bracket members, said resilient biasing of the relative telescoping movement of said bracket members being selectively variable by varying the number of cushion members disposed between said abutment surfaces;
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- means for limiting the relative telescoping compression of said bracket members, said limiting means being selectively adjustable to vary the length of said bracket.
A bracket for supporting a boat motor in an elevated position during transport of the boat on a trailer, said bracket attachable to the boat motor and the boat trailer, said bracket comprising:
- a first hollow bracket member;
- a second hollow bracket member having an inner abutment surface and a secondary abutment surface, said second hollow bracket member being telescopically received within said first hollow bracket member;
- a plurality of resiliently compressible cushion members removably disposed within said second hollow bracket member between said inner abutment surface and said secondary abutment surface;
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- means for limiting the relative telescoping movement of said bracket members, said limiting means being selectively adjustable to vary the length of said bracket;
- said limiting means disposed intermediate said inner abutment surface and said secondary abutment surface, at least one cushion member compressibly disposed between said inner abutment surface and said limiting means and at least one cushion member compressibly disposed between said limiting means and said secondary abutment surface, said cushion members resiliently biasing the relative telescoping movement of said bracket members, said resilient biasing of the relative telescoping movement of said bracket members being selectively variable.
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