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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:
Jun. 12, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark D Curtis, Oshkosh, WI (US);
David Heidel, Green Lake, WI (US);
Assignee:
Brunswick Corporation, Skokie, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 77 ; 1231 / ;
Abstract
A locking mechanism for a two piece cowling for a marine engine includes a latch that is pivotally mounted on the lower cowling piece and includes a handle disposed within a recess on the exterior of the lower cowling so that when the latch is in its locked position, the handle is contained by the recess and is flush with the cowling so as not to detract from the styling of the cowling and the longitudinal axis of the elongated handle is disposed parallel to forces acting on the lower unit of the engine so as to resist forces tending to move the handle to its release position.