Automatic switch for trolling motor depth finder
OwnerGerald V. Payne, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
An automatic switch for turning off the depth finder of a trolling motor by the movement of the trolling motor from the trolling position to the folded, stowed position. The switch may open on the movement of the trolling motor out of the trolling position or into the stowed position. Preferably, the switch is a pushbutton attached to one of the two frame sections of the trolling motor in such a way that the pushbutton is depressed by engagement with the other section when the trolling motor is moved to the stowed position.
Claims16
An apparatus for use with a depth finder of a trolling motor, said depth finder having a power supply, said trolling motor having a trolling position and a stowed position, said apparatus comprising:
- switch means in series with said power supply and said depth finder for activating and deactivating said depth finder, said switch means having an open position and a closed position, said closed position activating said depth finder and said open position deactivating said depth finder, said switch being switched from said closed position to said open position by movement of said trolling motor from said trolling position to said stowed position and said open position to said closed position by movement of said trolling motor from said stowed position to said trollling position.
An apparatus for use with a boat having a power supply, said apparatus comprising in combination:
- a trolling motor;
- a depth finder carried by said boat, said depth finder electrically connected to said power supply, said trolling motor having a trolling position and a stowed position;
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- switch means in series with said power supply and said depth finder for activating and deactivating said depth finder, said switch means having an open position and a closed position, said closed position activating said depth finder and said open position deactivating said depth finder, said switch being switched from said closed position to said open position by movement of said trolling motor from said trolling position to said stowed position and said open position to said closed position by movement of said trolling motor from said stowed position to said trolling position.
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