# US 5,343,563 A · Outboard motor steering rod receiving mitt

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- Number: US 5,343,563 A
- Document ID: US5343563A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/139,766
- Filed: 1993-10-22
- Granted: 1994-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 1993-10-22
- Inventors: Robert J. Goucher; Morris R. Walls
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5343563A

## CPC

- A41D 13/085: {with at least one hole for a handle or a stick}
- F02B 61/045: {for marine engines}
- A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
- F02B: INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (gas-turbine plants F02C; hot-gas or combustion-product positive-displacement engine plants F02G)

## Abstract

A flexible L-shaped mitt member includes a first end to resiliently engage and secure an outboard motor steering rod therethrough directing the rod into the mitt cavity, with the mitt having a second end opening arranged to receive an individual's arm therethrough to grasp the rod within the mitt at a junction of the mitt first and second legs.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An outboard motor steering rod receiving mitt, comprising,
an L-shaped body, the L-shaped body having a first housing leg and a second housing leg, with an L-shaped cavity extending throughout the L-shaped body within the first housing leg and the second housing leg, the first housing leg having a rod receiving first end, with the second housing leg having an entrance second end, with the entrance second end and the rod receiving first end in communication with the body cavity,
and
the rod receiving first end having a first end opening to include a resilient interior wall arranged to engage an outboard motor steering rod,
the second end includes a surrounding flexible cup in adjacency relative to the second end formed of a shape retentive material,
the L-shaped body includes an outer polymeric fluid impermeable shell and an inner removable lining removably mounted relative to the shell, wherein the inner lining is arranged coextensively throughout the body cavity,
the first housing leg and the second housing leg intersect one another at a housing junction, with the L-shaped body having a body top wall and body side walls, and the body top wall including a transparent lens directed therethrough permitting visual views within the body cavity,
including an illumination housing mounted within the body cavity in adjacency to the housing junction, with the illumination housing including an illumination bulb arranged to permit illumination in the junction, and a battery mounted within the body cavity in adjacency to the illumination housing, and a switch member directed through one of said body side walls arranged to effect selective illumination of the illumination bulb within the illumination housing.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A mitt as set forth in claim 1 including a pocket mounted onto the body top wall of the second housing leg, with the pocket including a transparent pocket top web arranged for visual observation within the pocket.