Abstract: An outboard propulsion system comprising a support for attachment to the deck of a vessel to which is bolted a prime mover with its drive shaft in a horizontal position transversely of the vessel, a propulsion assembly supported by the support in suspension outboard of the vessel for arcuate movement about a horizontal axis parallel to the axis of the drive shaft, the propulsion assembly comprising an upper gear box, an input shaft journaled in the gear box on an axis coinciding with said horizontal axis, a steering column connected at its upper end to the gear box for rotation about an axis at right angles to the axis of the input shaft, a lower gear box fixed to the lower end of the steering column within which is journaled a propeller shaft, gears in the lower gear box drivably connecting the propeller shaft to the transmission shaft, a hydraulic elevating cylinder for effecting arcuate movement of the propulsion assembly in a vertical plane about the axis of the input shaft, a hydraulic clutch for operabl

Abstract: Apparatus for use in feeding physically incapacited persons comprising a spoon supported for orbital and rectilinear movement in a predetermined path, one or more receptacles, and kinematics selectively operable to move a selected receptacle into the path of movement of the spoon and for effecting orbital and rectilinear movement of the spoon from an at-rest position above the receptacle into the receptacle to pick up a quantity of food therefrom, remove it from the receptacle to a position to be received by the person and then return it to its at-rest position in readiness for a repeat cycle of operation.