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US 8,555,800 B2Granted
Boat tiller presentment
AssigneeJohn Edward Stasieluk
InventorJohn Edward Stasieluk
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Abstract
An apparatus and associated method relating to a tiller for steering a boat. The tiller has an elongated body proximally connected to a steering mechanism portion of the boat and cantilevered therefrom, terminating at a distal end that is ergonomically responsive to a sailor's manual steering of the boat. The tiller also has a navigational device, such as GPS, mounted to the body and thereby operably presented to the sailor at a desired viewing angle to facilitate the sailor reading an output display of the navigational device while steering the boat.
Claims9
A tiller for steering a boat, the tiller comprising:
- an elongated body having proximal and distal ends and a substantially planar upper surface extending between the proximal and distal ends, the elongated body connected at the proximal end to a steering mechanism portion of the boat and cantilevered therefrom, the distal end configured to be ergonomically responsive to a sailor's manual steering of the boat;
- the elongated body having an open recess with a substantially sloped surface defined in the upper surface between the proximal and distal ends;
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- a navigational device having an output display, the navigational device removably mounted in the recess via a mounting configuration between the proximal and distal ends, the sloped surface supporting the navigational device at a substantially slanting angle to facilitate easy visual reading of the output display by the sailor while steering the boat.
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