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US 6,783,411 B2Granted
Propeller protector slipper
OwnerAllan Walter Pitherinventor
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Abstract
Propeller protector slipper to be used on inboard and outboard motors of boats that are anchored, drifting, aground, docked, in storage, or out of water in transit. The propeller protector slipper ensures protection for the propeller from elements that cause pitting and damage to propeller as well as minimizing propeller related injuries. The protector propeller slipper also provides a gage for projecting the distance of the propeller of a trailored boat from a following vehicle.
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A propeller protector slipper comprising:
- a) a housing unit for enclosing a propeller, wherein the housing unit comprises an interior, an exterior, at least one side surface, a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface, and a back surface, wherein a portion of the back surface is cut away to accommodate a propeller shaft and the side surface(s) provide a means for the propeller to slip into the housing unit in a longitudinal direction;
- b) a means for securing the propeller within the housing unit;
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- c) a bushing/reinforcing T along the surface of the cut away back surface.
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A method for protecting a propeller comprising
- a) slipping over the propeller a propeller protector slipper comprising a housing unit for enclosing a propeller, wherein the housing unit comprises an interior, an exterior, at least one side surface, a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface, and a back surface, wherein a portion of the back surface is cut away to accommodate a propeller shaft and the side surface(s) provide a means for the propeller to slip into the housing unit in a longitudinal direction;
- a means for securing the propeller within the housing unit;
- and a bushing/reinforcing T along the surface of the cut away back surface;
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- b) securing the propeller within the housing unit.
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