Outboard boat motor support device

For the purpose of supporting an outboard boat motor in an elevated tilt position, with the outboard boat motor mounted on a boat by means of a motor mounting assembly having a fixed bracket interconnected to the transom of the boat and a swivel bracket, having a plurality of notches in the face of the swivel bracket facing the fixed bracket, pivotally interconnected to the fixed bracket and having the outboard motor attached to the swivel bracket, and with the boat disposed upon a trailer, an outboard motor support device to support the outboard motor through the swivel bracket of the motor mounting assembly without direct contact between the outboard motor support device and the outboard motor, comprising:

• a first elongate shaft having a hollow interior, a first end, and an open second end;
• a second elongate shaft having first and second ends, the first end of said second elongate shaft being inserted into the interior of said first elongate shaft through said second open end thereof in sliding relation therewith;
• locking means for locking said first and second elongate shafts and preventing longitudinal movement of said first and second shafts relative to each other;
• a swivel bracket engagement head interconnected to said first end of said first elongate shaft, for engaging the swivel bracket of the motor mounting assembly with the outboard boat motor attached thereto in an elevated tilt position, including a U-shaped plate having an elongate base and two short legs of equal length extending from the same face of said base in perpendicular relation thereto, and an elongate cylindrical rod disposed between said legs of said U-shaped plate and interconnected thereto in parallel relation to the base of said U-shaped plate and spaced a short distance therefrom, with said elongate cylindrical rod interconnected to said first end of said first elongate shaft such that the longitudinal axis of said first elongate shaft intersects the longitudinal midpoint of said elongate cylindrical rod;
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• trailer engaging means interconnected to said second end of said second elongate shaft, for engaging the rear of the trailer upon which the boat is disposed.

For the purpose of supporting, in an elevated tilt position, an outboard motor attached to a boat disposed upon a trailer having a rear transverse frame member with a central roller attached to the rear transverse frame member parallel thereto, with the outboard motor attached to the transom of the boat by means of a motor mounting assembly having a fixed bracket interconnected to the transom of the boat and a swivel bracket, including notches in the face thereof facing the fixed bracket, which is pivotally interconnected to the fixed bracket such that the outboard motor is attached to the swivel bracket and moves therewith, an outboard motor support device comprising:

• an elongate shaft adjustable in length and having a first end and a second end;
• a roller engaging member interconnected to said second end of said elongate shaft for releaseably engaging the central roller of the trailer;
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• a swivel bracket engagement head including an elongate cylindrical rod, with first and second ends, to be releaseably received in the notches of the swivel bracket of the motor mounting assembly with said swivel bracket and the outboard motor attached thereto in an elevated tilt position relative to the transom of the boat, said elongate cylindrical rod being interconnected intermediate its first and second ends to said first end of said elongate shaft in perpendicular relation to said elongate shaft, and further including a U-shaped plate with an elongate base and short legs extending in the same direction from said elongate base and perpendicular thereto, with each of said legs interconnected to an opposite end of said elongate cylindrical rod intermediate the ends of said legs such that said base of said U-shaped plate is parallel to said elongate cylindrical rod and spaced a short distance therefrom so as to define a slot between said base of said U-shaped plate and said elongate cylindrical rod.