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US 5,207,604 AGranted
Boat and steering assembly
OwnerDavid A. McMillininventor
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Abstract
A vessel and a steering mechanism for the vessel is disclosed. In one embodiment, the vessel comprises a hull, a motor apparatus for providing propulsion to the hull, a pedestal mounted within the hull, and a pulley device, operably connected to the pedestal, for steering the vessel. The pulley device may comprise a first, second and third rimmed disc which are interconnected by cable means.
Claims7
A boat and motor assembly comprising:
- a hull with at least one opening formed therein;
- first and second motor means for providing propulsion to the boat, and wherein said motor means includes an engine, a shaft member extending from the engine through said opening in the hull, and a propeller attached to the shaft;
- a seat mounted on a pedestal in the hull;
- pulley means, operably connected to the pedestal, for steering said motor means so that as the seat is turned, said pulley means imparts rotative movement to said motor means, and wherein said pulley means comprises:
- a first rimmed disc having a passageway formed through the center thereof, and wherein said shaft of said first motor means is disposed therethrough;
- a second rimmed disc having a passageway formed through the center thereof, and wherein said shaft of said second motor means is disposed therethrough;
- a third rimmed disc having a passageway formed through the center thereof, and wherein said pedestal is disposed therein;
- cable means for interconnecting said first, second and third rimmed wheels;
- retractable wheel means, mounted on the stern of the boat, for transporting the boat on dry land;
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- retracting means, mounted on said hull, for retracting said first and second motor means from a position within said hull to a position outside said hull.
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A steering apparatus for a vessel, comprising:
- a housing member having a first, second and third opening;
- a first circular member engaged within said first opening and having a passageway defined in the center, and wherein said first circular member comprises a first and second end, and wherein the first end has formed on the outer periphery a grooved surface and wherein the second end is rotatively disposed within said first opening of the housing member;
- a second circular member engaged within said second opening and having a passageway defined in the center, and wherein said second circular member comprises a first and second end, and wherein the first end has formed on the outer periphery a grooved surface and wherein the second end is rotatively disposed within said second opening of the housing member;
- a third circular member engaged within said third opening and having a passageway defined in the center, and wherein said third circular member comprises a disk with a bored apertured contained therein, said disc having a first side, a second side, and a rimmed periphery, said rimmed periphery containing said cable means, said first side being rotatively connected to said housing member, and said second side containing a squared removed portion being in communication with the aperture;
- a first and second propulsion means, disposed within the passageway of said first and second circular member;
- seat means, operably connected to said third circular member, for rotational control of the third circular member;
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- cable means, operably connected to said first, second and third circular member, for imparting rotative movement from said third member to said first and second circular members;
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- a cylindrical member having a first end and a second end, said first end being operably associated with a steering mechanism and said second end having disposed thereon an octagon portion sized so that four sides of the octagon portion are in contact with the four sides of the squared removed portion of the second side of said disc.
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A boat, comprising:
- a hull;
- a seat mounted within said hull;
- steering means, operably connected to said seat, for steering said hull including a first and second circular member;
- motor means, operably connected to said steering means, for providing propulsion to said hull, said motor means containing thereon a shaft, with said shaft being disposed within said second circular member;
- cable means, interconnecting said first and second circular member, for imparting rotative movement from said first circular member to said second circular member;
- wherein said first circular member comprises a disc with a bored aperture contained therein, said disc having a first side, a second side, and a rimmed periphery, said rimmed periphery containing said cable means, said first side being rotatively connected to the hull of the boat, and said second side containing a squared removed portion being in communication with the aperture;
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- an insertion member having a first end and a second end, said first end being operably associated with said seat and said second end having disposed thereon an octagon base sized so that four sides of the octagon base are in contact with the four sides of the squared removed portion of the second side of said disc.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.