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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard C Stallman, Alameda, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 42 ; 440 40 ; 440 46 ; 440 38 ; 60221 ;
Abstract
A steering apparatus for an outboard jet engine utilizes a channel or conduit along the underside of a boat hull in combination with a channel or conduit extension member to guide water to the inlet port of the jet outboard propulsion apparatus, the bottom lip of the inlet port being disposed proximate the extended bottom surface of the underside of the boat hull with the top lip or rim of the inlet port being disposed proximate the extended top surface of the channel of conduit along the hull to permit propulsion and steering of the boat while the boat hull is planing along the surface of water only inches or centimeters above the bed of the lake, river or ocean.