US 6,386,740 B1Granted

Outboard motor/outdrive safety light

OwnerJames M. Grissominventor

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Abstract

A safety light assembly is designed for use with an outboard, motor or the outdrive unit of a motor mounted on a boat which is carried on a trailer being towed by a towing vehicle. The safety light assembly is removably secured to the anti-cavitation plate of the drive housing of the motor or outdrive unit by means of clamps. The assembly includes a housing with a central light-supporting portion between first and second flanges located on opposite sides of the central light-supporting portion. A light is attached to the central light-supporting portion of the housing; and the flanges are removably secured by means of clamps to the anti-cavitation plate on the drive housing of an outboard motor, or outdrive unit. Electrical connectors interconnect the light with a source of electrical energy, which ideally is the lighting system of the taillights of a boat trailer.

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Dependent claims

A safety light assembly for use with an outboard motor or the outdrive unit of a motor mounted on a boat carried on a trailer, the assembly including in combination:

a housing having a substantially flat, generally horizontal, central light supporting portion with first and second side members extending downwardly from opposite sides thereof to terminate in first and second lower edges, respectively;
first and second flanges attached, respectively, to the first and second lower edges of the first and second side members on opposite sides of the central light supporting portion;
a light attached to the central light supporting portion of the housing;
releasable clamps for securing the first and second flanges to an anti-cavitation plate on a drive shaft housing of an outboard motor or an outdrive unit in an overlying position on the anti-cavitation plate;
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an electrical connector for interconnecting the light with a source of electrical energy.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.