Outboard motor mounting system
OwnerWilliam S. Potter, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
An outboard motor mounting system for mounting a motor on an outboard boat with a cutout transom. A transom sealing device is provided to seal the cutout of the outboard boat transom. The sealing device may include a mounting flange which is engagable with a horizontal motor well transom lip of the outboard boat to support and position the transom sealing means. The outboard motor mounting device includes a body and a swim platform which combine to form a substantially sealed hollow interior to provide buoyancy to the mounting device. The motor is attached to a mounting flange positioned at an uppermost portion of the body member.
Claims15
An outboard motor mounting system for mounting a motor on an outboard boat with a cutout transom, said system comprising:
- a transom sealing means for sealing the cutout in said outboard boat's transom, said sealing means including a mounting flange which is adapted to be clamped to a horizontal motor well transom lip of said outboard boat to support and position said outboard motor mounting system;
- an outboard motor mounting device which is attachable to the transom of the outboard boat, said outboard motor mounting device including a body and a swim platform which combine together to form a substantially sealed hollow interior to provide buoyancy to said mounting device;
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- said body includes a rear wall, two opposed side walls spaced from each other attached to said rear wall, a bottom surface extending between said side walls and attached to said rear wall, a mating front face spaced from said rear wall and attached to said side walls and said bottom surface, and a mounting flange located at an uppermost portion of said rear wall wherein said swim platform is an integral, one-piece member adapted to abut against a top surface of said opposed side walls to form said sealed hollow interior, and said mounting flange of said uppermost portion of said rear wall positioned above said top surface of said opposed side walls;
- further including a first receiving indentation provided on said front face which cooperates with an attaching lip provided on a forwardmost portion of said swim platform to securely fasten said swim platform to said front face.
An outboard motor mounting device for mounting a motor on an outboard boat and which is attachable to a transom of said boat, said device comprising a body and a swim platform which combine together to form a substantially sealed hollow interior to provide buoyancy to said mounting device;
- said body includes a rear wall, two opposed side walls spaced from each other attached to said rear wall, a bottom surface extending between said side walls and attached to said rear wall, a mating front face spaced from said rear wall and attached to said side walls and said bottom surface, and a mounting flange located at an uppermost portion of said rear wall, wherein said swim platform is an integral, one-piece member adapted to abut against a top surface of said opposed side walls to form said sealed hollow interior, and said mounting flange of said uppermost portion of said rear wall positioned above said top surface of said opposed side wall;
- said swim platform including platform extensions on opposed sides of said swim platform at a position above said top surface of said opposed side walls wherein said swim platform extends substantially the entire width of the transom, wherein a first receiving indentation is provided on said front face which cooperates with an attaching lip provided on a forward most portion of said swim platform to securely fasten said swim platform to said front face;
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- further including a mounting flange attached to said swim platform and cooperating with said mounting flange of said body to form a motor mounting portion above said substantially sealed hollow interior and said top surface of said opposed sides whereby the outboard motor may be securely fastened to said mounting flanges at a location above said substantially sealed hollow interior and said top surface of said opposed sides.
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