Reflective propeller safety cover
OwnerWilliam L. Carlisleinventor
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Abstract
A reflective propeller safety cover comprising a bag having a flat bottom wall and a side wall peripherally coupled thereto and extended therefrom to define a hollow interior sized for holding a propeller of an motor boat and a mouth for allowing access to the interior for receiving a propeller; an adjustable coupling mechanism coupled to the bag for adjustably opening and closing the mouth; and a reflector mechanism coupled to the bottom wall of the bag for providing a visual indication when light is shined thereupon.
Claims1
A reflective propeller safety cover for attaching over a propeller of a motor boat being towed by a trailer for preventing rear-end accidents from occurring comprising, in combination:
- a bag formed of a fluorescent orange cloth material, the bag having a central axis, a generally circular flat bottom wall and a side wall integrally coupled to the periphery of the bottom wall and extended therefrom to terminate at an edge and with the bag having a fixed axial length as defined between the bottom wall and the edge along the central axis and an exterior diameter that is about 72% greater than the fixed axial length, the side wall and bottom wall thereby defining a hollow interior sized for holding a propeller of a motor boat, the edge thereby defining a mouth for allowing access to the interior for receiving a propeller and with the edge further turned back upon itself and secured to the side wall to create an annular channel, the side wall further having a lower portion and an upper portion with the lower portion having a generally concave shape as referenced with respect to the interior and with the upper portion having a generally convex shape as referenced with respect to the interior and with the lower portion of the side wall having a larger radius of curvature than the upper portion of the side wall, the side wall additionally having a generally rectangular aperture disposed therethrough for allowing the bag to be drained and a propeller that is disposed within the interior of the bag to be dried, a flap having a pair of parallel side edges and an end edge extended therebetween secured adjacent to the aperture and positionable therover to create a door, a pile type fastener secured about the periphery of the aperture, and a complimentary pile type fastener secured about the periphery of the door and with the fasteners coupled together in one position to prevent access to the interior through the aperture and the fasteners decoupled from each other in another position to allow access to the interior through the aperture;
- a drawstring disposed within the channel to define an adjustable loop and with its ends extended from the channel and through the side wall, the loop adjustable in a tightened configuration for preventing access to the interior and the loop adjustable in a loosened configuration for allowing such access;
- a slide lock slidably secured to the free ends of the drawstring for setting the adjustment of the loop;
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- a plurality of reflective tape strips coupled to the bottom wall of the bag for providing a visual indication when light is shined thereupon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.