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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald C. Johnson, Duluth, County of Gwinnett, GA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 5/902 ; B63H 5/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 5/902 ; B63H 5/16 ;
Abstract
A propeller deflector system which includes rigid inclined vanes permanently mounted on the bottom of a hull of a water craft and aligned parallel with the longitudinal axis of the water craft. The vanes extend below a propeller and beyond an arc of the propeller. The propeller deflector system also includes a sensing device adapted to detect objects in water near a path of the water craft. The propeller deflector system is designed to prevent loss of human and animal life in the propeller.