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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. 14, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Manfred Heer, Spay am Rhein, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 54 ;
Abstract
A boat propulsion unit has a propeller which can be withdrawn into a sleeve to a position above the plane of the boat's bottom and enclosed by a cover plate. The water in the closed sleeve can be pumped out, so that the emptied sleeve is accessible for inspection and maintenance operations.