Outboard motor
AssigneeSanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakio Ogasawara, Manabu Yamamoto
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Abstract
Two embodiments of carrying handles that can be permanently connected to an outboard motor for carrying the outboard motor when not in use. In each embodiment the carrying handle is connected so that it extends in a generally vertical direction in normal condition of the outboard motor and which can be grasped by a user for carrying of the outboard motor at the user's side, with the user's wrist in a normal condition. The carrying handle is associated with a latching bracket that latches the lower end of the handle to the clamping bracket for the carrying operation.
Claims10
An outboard motor having a power head containing a powering internal combustion engine, a drive shaft housing and lower unit depending from said power head and containing a propulsion device driven by said internal combustion engine for propelling an associated watercraft, a swivel bracket pivotally connected to said drive shaft housing by a steering shaft for steering movement about an axis defined by said steering shaft, a clamping bracket comprised of a pair of spaced apart members adapted to be fixed to a transom of an associated watercraft for mounting said outboard motor on the watercraft, a horizontally extending trim pin pivotally connecting said clamping bracket to said swivel bracket for tilt and trim movement of said outboard motor relative to the watercraft, a carrying handle disposed between said clamping bracket spaced apart members and depending from said tilt pin and having a gripping portion disposed forwardly of the center of gravity of said outboard motor and extending in a generally vertical direction for carrying of said outboard motor at the side of a user with his wrist in a normal position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.