Outboard motor carrier

• US 3,071,387 A
• Filed: 09/23/1959
• Issued: 01/01/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/1959
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John B. Beaman, Vivian L. Ott
• Original Assignee: John B. Beaman, Vivian L. Ott
• Inventors: Beaman, John B., Ott, Vivian L.
• Application Number:
  US03/841,708
• Time in Patent Office: 1,196 Days
• US Class Current: 280/47.24
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 1/12 involving parts being adjustable, collapsible, attachable, detachable, or convertible
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2202/408 Outboard motors
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 280/02 Wheel supports for outboard motors

Claims

1. A WHEELED CARRIER FOR AN OUTBOARD MOTOR, COMPRISING AN ELONGATE FRAME OF TUBULAR MATERIAL AND OF SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED CONFIGURATION DEFINING AN ARCUATE TOP END BIGHT PORTION AND A PAIR OF SPACED LEGS CONNECTED BY AND EXTENDING IN DIVERGENT RELATION FROM THE BIGHT PORTION, THE FRAME HAVING A FORWARD SIDE AND A REARWARD SIDE, SUPPORTING WHEELS ROTATABLY ATTACHED TO THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID LEGS, MEANS FORMING A PAIR OF HANDLE BARS PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO THE REARWARD SIDE OF THE FRAME AT THE TOP THEREOF AND AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BIGHT PORTION, ADJUSTABLE LOCKING MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID FRAME LEGS AND SAID HANDLE BARS AND A TRANSOM PIECE FIXED TO THE TOP OF THE FRAME AGAINST THE FORWARD SIDE THEREOF TO WHICH AN OUTBOARD MOTOR MAY BE SECURED, SAID TRANSOM PIECE COMPRISING A PLATE OF SUBSTANTIAL WIDTH AND HEIGHT AND PROJECTING ABOVE THE CONVEX TOP SIDE OF SAID ARCUATE BIGHT PORTION, SAID TRANSOM PIECE INCLUDING A RELATIVELY THICK PART FIXED ACROSS THE BACK AND TOP OF SAID PLATE AND BEARING UPON SAID TOP SIDE OF THE ARCUATE BIGHT PORTION.