Abstract: Apparatus and methods for mounting an outboard motor to a transom of a boat include a transom mounting plate having a marking disposed a centerline of the transom plate and an indentation centered at the centerline for receiving clamping members of an outboard motor.

Abstract: An adjustable clamp for mounting an auxiliary tool onto a loader bucket is provided. The adjustable clamp includes a first clamping member possessing a first clamping surface and a second clamping member possessing a second clamping surface. The second clamping member is slidably connected to the first clamping member such that the second clamping surface is movable along an angled path toward the first clamping surface to clamp the loader bucket between the first and second clamping surfaces. Also provided is a snow plow assembly including a snow plow and an adjustable clamp. A method of mounting a snow plow onto a loader bucket by way of an adjustable clamp is also provided.

Abstract: A guard for structural members is disclosed. It can reduce worker injury with a thin sheet metal or plastic, broadly U-shaped guard plate attached to a structural support through attachment to a pair of clamps, each with a primary and a secondary threaded clamp mechanism. The attachment between the guard plate and pair of clamps may be via a slotted intermediate structure. The primary mechanism has a swivel pad end while the secondary clamps have a pointed, cone-shaped end. is the guard can be used in wind turbine towers to protect workers on a fixed ladder from hitting interior flanges as they climb up and as they climb down.

Abstract: An apparatus is for supporting a marine engine and has a transom bracket having a body section, a head section extending transversely relative to the body section, a neck section disposed between the body section and the head section, and a transition portion along an inside surface of the neck section. A reinforcement member is connected to the neck section and relieves tensile stress on the transition portion when the transom bracket supports the marine engine.

Abstract: A trolling motor mount comprising a base for attaching the mount to a watercraft, an arm assembly pivotally attached to the base, a motor mount assembly pivotally attached to the arm assembly for rotatably securing the trolling motor, and an actuator adapted to move the arm assembly between a fully deployed position and a fully stowed position. The actuator may comprise a linear actuator. The arm assembly may comprise a single elongated arm or a four bar linkage system. The mount may further comprise a user control such a switch, a wireless remote control, or wired remote control.

Abstract: An electric outboard motor transom clamping system with two spaced apart side plates pivotally connected by at least one main pivot bolt or pin. Each side plate includes a clamp configured to press against the transom and hold the side plate in a rearward extending fixed position. Each slide plate also includes a ratchet slot located below the main bolt and a plurality of downward oriented pin slots transversely aligned the pins slots on the opposite side plate. Each pin slot is angled upward and rearward between 5 and 25 degrees from the center axis to a line that extends from the bottom of each pin slot to the main pivot bolt. A block member with two longitudinally aligned pins extend into the two ratchet slots. The pins engage the pin slots on the two side plates and hold the block member in fixed position between the two side plates.

Abstract: One trolling motor mount includes a mounting base having a cavity extending therethrough and a motor receiving portion configured to clamp a trolling motor thereon, a bracket, and a lock operably coupled to the base for removably fastening the base to a watercraft. The bracket is pivotably coupled to the base for rotation generally perpendicular to the cavity, and selectively defines a lower edge of the cavity. The bracket is also slidable relative to the base. Another trolling motor mount includes a mounting base having a cavity extending therethrough and a motor receiving portion configured to clamp a trolling motor thereon, a bracket pivotably coupled to the base, and a lock operably coupled to the base for removably fastening the base to a watercraft. The bracket has front and two side surfaces, and at least one channel for allowing the bracket to slide relative to the base.

Abstract: A mounting for fastening an outboard engine on a boat, in particular a kayak, has a support arm with a first fastening element for fastening the support arm on the boat. The first fastening element is a clamping device for receiving and fixing a knob on the boat.

Abstract: A mounting bracket assembly comprising two separable main components, a tilt bracket and a swivel plate, which assembly 1) is convertible for use with any one of various types of trolling motors adapted for bow or transom mounting; 2) convertibly mounts to a bow gunwale, transom or deck of any of a variety of small fishing boats; and 3) has a tilt-mechanism which minimizes the damaging effect of an underwater impact to a trolling motor of either mounting type. comprise the assembly. The tilt bracket includes a clamp portion for securing the assembly to a bow gunwale or transom, and a tilt table portion including a top plate, an energy-absorbing assembly having ends operably attached between the top plate and the clamp portion, and a pivot mechanism positioned outboard of the gunwale about which the top plate pivots. This assembly allows pivotal movement of the motor about the pivot mechanism in a vertical plane when impact occurs with an underwater object to minimize damage to the motor.

Abstract: An outboard motor stow pivot bracket is disclosed for stowing a motor in a generally vertical orientation while mounted on the transom of a dinghy which itself is swung beamwise (on beam ends) from a horizontal, in-the-water position up into a generally vertical stowed position on the back of a carrier boat such as on the stern of a pleasure craft. The pivot bracket includes a channel structure sized to fit on the motor-support edge of the dinghy transom and has outside surfaces adapted to receive the standard transom clamp of an outboard motor. At opposite ends of the channel structure are a pair of complementary pivot journals, and a pivot bolt connects a selected one of these pivot journals to a support structure on the dinghy transom in a universal construction that allows the user to assemble the bracket for pivoting in one direction or the other, depending upon the desired orientation of the motor and of the dinghy in their stored positions.

Abstract: An outboard motor packing structure convertible to a display stand, having a rectangular parallelepiped formed with rod members, which rod members include first side rods on both right and left sides connecting the front and back rods, in which an end of each first side rod is detached from the front rods and connected to the bottom rods when the packing structure accommodating an outboard motor therein is converted to a display stand by disjointing parts of the rods, wherein the outboard motor is in the same position as when installed in a boat.

Abstract: An improved mounting arrangement for mounting of an outboard motor on the transom of an associated watercraft embodying elastic mounts comprised of an inner tube, an outer tube, and an interposed elastic member. The inner tube defines a cavity that receives the elastic member that is non-circular in cross section so as to permit a greater volume of damping material in a given spatial relationship.

Abstract: A low cost and easily mounted and removed electric trolling motor mount with optional fixed rudder is provided comprised of a structured bar with two slidable adjustable clamp assemblies to affix the mount to the gunwales of a boat. The optional fixed rudder is provided with torsional pivot means to allow the fixed rudder to move upwardly should the fixed rudder strike an object below the hull of the boat.

Abstract: The transom mounted swivel bracket (16) of an outboard marine drive (10) has a clamp (36) with a pair of spaced parallel end tabs (40, 42) having aligned apertures (54, 56). A screw (58) has a leading end extension (68) extending through the apertures (54, 56) in the tabs (40, 42), and a shoulder (66) engaging one of the tabs and driving the one tab (40) toward the other tab (42) as the screw (58) is turned further into the swivel bracket (16), such that the clamp band (36) is tightened around the steering tube (20) to increase frictional steering resistance. The other tab (42) is held and retained by the leading end extension (68) which prevents deformation yielding movement of the other tab (42) into the tubular portion (18) of the swivel bracket (16).

Abstract: A transom plate for small fishing boats which simultaneously adjusts vertical displacement and trim of the outboard motor. The transom plate is adapted particularly for smaller fishing boats which must operate under widely varying loads and speeds, and which often encounter extremely shallow water. The plate comprises a rigid transom frame adapted to be clamped to the transom, and a motor bracket slidably movably coupled to the frame. Movement of the motor bracket relative to the transom frame is facilitated by a power cylinder preferably controlled from within the boat. The cylinder is pivotally coupled between the transom frame and the motor bracket, being secured and centered by L-brackets. Special follower slots are defined through each side of the jack to define a path of movement for displacement of the motor bracket relative to the transom frame. A generally vertically oriented slot is paired with a generally inclined follower slot on each side of the plate.

Abstract: A retainer for a transom-mounted outboard boat motor is mounted on the inside face of the transom generally surrounding the area where the clamping thumb screws of the motor mounting bracket engage the transom. The retainer includes a retaining lip defining an undercut groove which will engage the pads on the clamping thumb screws should the motor shift inadvertently out of position and prevent horizontal sliding or vertical tilting which may result in loss of the motor. The retainer is easily attached to the boat transom and offers no significant interference to attachment or removal of the motor.

Abstract: A bracket for mounting an outboard motor on a transom of a boat. The bracket has a pair of inverted U-shaped mounting members connected by a pivot pin such that the inside and outside legs of the mounting member extend downwardly over the transom. The outer legs of each mounting member are clamped into bearing engagement with the transom by means of an interconnecting thumbs screw assembly. The thumbs screw assembly includes a bolt member that extends through the outside leg and transom and an internally threaded hand operated screw member engaged on the end of the bolt member to provide a clamping arrangement with bolt-on safety and yet be able to easily be removed without wrenches for quick attachment and release of the bracket.

Abstract: A mounting bracket arrangement for a boat powered by an outboard motor having an elongate shaft housing, such that very slight increases in the tilt angle of the motor are made possible. My arrangement comprising a transom bracket adapted to be mounted on the transom of a boat, with the transom bracket including a pair of stern brackets mounted in spaced relation on the transom of a boat. The lower portions of the stern brackets each contain a spaced series of trim adjustment holes, with each hole in one of the stern brackets being in alignment with a corresponding hole in the other of the stern brackets. An elongate pin is adapted to extend between any selected, aligned pair of spaced holes in the stern brackets, with a portion of the elongate shaft housing of the outboard motor defining a saddle member designed to contact a portion of the elongate pin at a location inboard of the stern brackets.

Abstract: A marine propulsion device comprising a transom bracket adapted to be mounted on the transom of a boat, a swivel bracket mounted on the transom bracket for pivotal movement relative to the transom bracket about a generally horizontal tilt axis and between an operating position and a raised position, a propulsion unit including a rotatably mounted propeller and being mounted on the swivel bracket for pivotal movement relative to the swivel bracket about a generally vertical steering axis, a member mounted on the transom bracket for movement relative thereto between a first position wherein the member permits location of the swivel bracket in the operating position, and a second position spaced from the first position, the member being gravitationally biased toward the second position, a surface on the swivel bracket for engaging the member when said member is in said second position to hold said swivel bracket in said raised position, and a projection on the swivel bracket for moving the member to the first po

Abstract: An assembly for mounting an outboard motor on the transom of a boat, the assembly comprising an inverted U-shaped clamp member adapted to have the motor mounted thereon, the clamp member including an upper body portion, an inside leg extending downwardly from the upper body portion and in position to be located inside of the transom, the inside leg being rigidly connected to the upper body portion, and an outside leg extending downwardly from the upper body portion and in position to be located outside of the transom, the outside leg being rigidly connected to the upper body portion, a transom plate adapted to be mounted on the inside of the transom, and means adapted to extend through the transom for securing the outside leg to the transom plate.

Abstract: The safety cradle is adapted to releasably secure an outboard motor for storage and transport and is particularly adapted for mounting in the cargo portion of an open or paneled truck. The cradle includes an upright transverse pivot brace securable at one end thereof to a support structure such as the truck sidewall, with a pair of pivot points at its opposite free end, and an elongated support arm having a motor supporting portion. The arm is pivotally secured to the brace at the pivot points and is rotatable between a forward secured position and a rearward release position. A bracket is also provided which is securable to the flat bed of the truck in front of the pivot brace at a location to engage the free end of the pivot arm. The bracket includes a base and an upright bearing a transverse lock bar and a transverse C-shaped member below the lock bar. The C-shaped member is adapted to engage the drive shaft housing of an outboard motor.

Abstract: The invention provides an outboard motor tilt mechanism for releasably supporting the propulsion unit in several elevated positions. A swivel bracket (16) is pivotally supported on a transom bracket (11) to provide tilting movement. A support arm (17) pivotally attached to the transom bracket (11) has an elongated slot slidably engaging a locking pin (21) fixed to the swivel bracket (16). A control handle (25) controls the tension on spring (28) to either permit or prevent engagement of the locking pin (21) with locking recesses (22, 23, 24) in the support arm (17).