Mount apparatus for a trolling motor
US7294029B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 1, 2006 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63H20/36
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A mount apparatus for a trolling motor provides latching positions for the stowed and deployed conditions of the trolling motor. Locking the mechanism in either the stowed or deployed positions is accomplished solely by moving the shaft of the trolling motor assembly in a lever-like movement about a pivot axis which extends through the base and transmission structure of the mount apparatus. This locking procedure is accomplished without the necessity of moving the shaft in a direction which is generally parallel to its central axis. As a result, the locking movement required by an operator to latch the trolling motor in its deployed and stowed positions is ergonomically preferable to known types of systems.
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