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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1995
Clarence E Blanchard, Kenosha, WI (US);
Charles D Strang, Antioch, IL (US);
Charles L Granie, Columbia, SC (US);
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is marine apparatus comprising a boat including a hull, an outboard motor including a propulsion unit having a rear side and mounted on the hull for pivotal movement relative thereto between a trimmed-in position, a tilted-up position, and a trimmed-out position between the trimmed-in position and the tilted-up position, a cover which extends above the propulsion unit and which is mounted on the hull for movement relative thereto about an axis located forwardly of the rear side of the propulsion unit and between a lower position wherein the cover affords movement of the propulsion unit between the trimmed-in position and the trimmed-out position, and an upper position wherein the cover affords movement of the propulsion unit to the tilted-up position, and engaging surfaces on the motor and on the cover for moving the cover from the lower position to the upper position in response to movement of the propulsion unit from the trimmed-out position to the tilted-up position.