Outboard motor caddy
OwnerDennis McCroryinventor
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Abstract
A storage and carriage stand for an outboard motor. The stand has a wheeled base constructed of opposing elongate side portions and a transversely positioned interior end portion which extends between the side portions tubular steel members. The base members support a frame which includes opposed upright members which are interconnected by a transversely positioned and vertically disposed generally planar shaped transom, to which an outboard motor may be securely affixed. The transport stand base is generally U-shaped so as to include an open end, with the open end being of sufficient width to allow a selected outboard motor which is being attached to said stand to freely pass between said opposing elongate side portions until said transom is reached by the outboard motor.
Claims13
A transport stand for carriage of a preselected outboard motor, said stand comprising:
- (a) a base, said base comprising opposing elongate side portions and an elongate interior end portion arranged in a U-shape having an open end and a width along said elongate interior end portion suitable for locating an outboard motor therebetween;
- (b) a frame, said frame comprising
- (i) a pair of opposing, generally vertically extending upright members, said upright members each having a bottom end, each of said bottom ends of said frame affixed at a preselected longitudinal position to one of said elongate side portions of said base, and
- (ii) a transom, said transom generally vertically disposed, and at least a portion of said transom located transversely between said opposing upright frame members, and affixed to both of said upright frame members, said transom suitable for attachment of an outboard motor thereto;
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- (iii) at least one shelf portion, said at least one shelf portion extending substantially horizontally between said opposing, generally vertically extending upright members;
- (c) a pair of rearwardly facing handles, said rearwardly facing handles each affixed to one of said vertically extending upright members, said pair of rearwardly facing handles located so as to allow manipulation of said transport stand by application of force to said pair of reardwardly facing handles;
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- (d) a first set of fixed roller wheels, said first set of fixed roller wheels affixed to said base at a position rearward by a distance D from a center of gravity C.sub.G, so that when said transport stand is supporting an outboard motor, by slight downward application force to said pair of handles, said base may be raised to roll on said first set of fixed roller wheels, across a preselected substrate surface, to allow rolling movement of said transport stand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.