Patents by Inventor Shawn P. Newell

Shawn P. Newell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Outboard motor conversion kit
    Patent number: 4976637
    Abstract: A kit for converting a Weedwacker into an outboard engine and a method of using the kit includes the steps of rotating the tubular housing of the Weedwacker through one hundred eighty degrees, replacing the grass cutting device with a propeller, replacing the muffler of the Weedwacker with an elongate exhaust tube, clamping the exhaust tube to the tubular housing, and mounting a swivel support bracket to the tubular housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Inventors: William K. Newell, John A. Newell, Shawn P. Newell