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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1987
Dennis J Friedle, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Richard P Kolb, Prairie View, IL (US);
Kenneth M McLeod, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
A marine installation comprising a propulsion unit adapted to be mounted on a boat for pivotal movement relative thereto about a generally vertical steering axis, the propulsion unit including a rotatably mounted propeller, an engine drivingly connected to the propeller, a fuel supply valve adapted to communicate between a fuel reservoir and the engine and actuatable between a first state and a second state for respectively permitting and preventing fuel flow from the fuel reservoir, a control switch operably connected to the engine and actuatable between a first state and a second state for respectively permitting and preventing engine operation, and a mechanism responsive to the state of both the fuel supply valve and the control switch for maintaining the fuel supply valve and the control switch in the same state.