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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:
Jul. 21, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1985
Dennis J Friedle, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Richard P Kolb, Gages Lake, IL (US);
Gaylord M Borst, Highland Park, IL (US);
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
A marine propulsion device comprising a propulsion unit adapted to be pivotally mounted on the transom of a boat for pivotal movement relative to the transom about a generally vertical steering axis, the propulsion unit including a rotatably mounted propeller, and a powerhead drivingly connected to the propeller, a steering handle connected to the propulsion unit and extending generally horizontally therefrom for causing pivotal steering movement of the propulsion unit in response to lateral movement of the steering handle, and an extension handle assembly removably attached to the steering handle and including an extension handle, a coupling device including a plurality of fingers spaced around the steering handle and having respective inner ends pivotally connected to the extension handle, and respective outer ends biased outwardly from the steering handle, and a cylindrical sleeve surrounding the coupling device and being slideable around the fingers longitudinally thereof for moving the outer ends inwardly such that the fingers grasp the steering handle.