Patent ID: 8347546
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A fishing vessel outrigger comprising: a least one first member tube having a proximal end and a distal end forming a length therebetween, said proximal end securable to a vessel, said distal end including at least one positioning aperture; a least one second member tube having a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end slidably insertable into said first member tube; a locking mechanism securable to said proximal end of said second member tube, said locking mechanism formed from a one piece plunger base member having a first section sized for insertion into said proximal end of said second member and a second section sized to abut the proximal end of said second member; a plunger sleeve having an inner diameter sized for placement over a portion of said second member tube, said plunger sleeve having an outer diameter less than an outer diameter of said plunger base member second section; an alignment aperture extending through said plunger sleeve, said second member tube, and said plunger base member, said alignment aperture formed from a first diameter aperture positioned in a side wall of said plunger sleeve and said second member tube, a second diameter aperture positioned in said plunger base member; and a third diameter aperture formed in a portion of said plunger base member and in said second member tube side wall that is positioned diametrically across from the first diameter aperture; a plunger having a conical shaped first end with a lip disposed along a second end, said first end of said plunger is slidable disposed in said third diameter aperture; a spring member positioned within said second diameter aperture biasing said first end of said plunger outwardly; a shoulder bolt having a threaded section and a head section wherein said threaded section passes through said first diameter aperture for securement to said second aperture, said shoulder bolt engaging said first diameter aperture; and a collar securable to said distal end of said first member tube, said collar constructed and arranged to allow passage of said second member tube and prevent passage of said plunger base sleeve; wherein said member tubes are movable between a retracted position and a fully extended locked position by placement of said plunger into a positioning aperture.