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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Mark T. Lokken, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Glenn E. Anderson, Omro, WI (US);
Inventors:
Mark T. Lokken, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Glenn E. Anderson, Omro, WI (US);
Assignee:
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 20/08 (2006.01); B63H 5/125 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tiller arm is provided with a lock mechanism that retains the tiller arm in an upwardly extending position relative to an outboard motor when the tiller arm is rotated about a first axis and the lock mechanism is placed in a first of two positions. Contact between an extension portion of the lock mechanism and the discontinuity of the arm prevents the arm from rotating downwardly out of its upward position.