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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2016
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Travis J. Vaninetti, Neenah, WI (US);
Jeffrey A. Zarembka, Plymouth, WI (US);
Wayne M. Jaszewski, Jackson, WI (US);
Peter Pickett, Stillwater, OK (US);
Timothy S. Reid, Eden, WI (US);
Randall J. Poirier, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
A tiller is for an outboard motor. The tiller has a base bracket that is configured to be rotationally fixed with respect to the outboard motor, a chassis bracket that is coupled to the base bracket, and a locking arrangement. The locking arrangement is movable into and between a locked position, wherein the chassis bracket is locked to and rotates together with the base bracket, and an unlocked position, wherein the chassis bracket is freely rotatable with respect to the base bracket about a vertical axis when the tiller is in a horizontal position.