Patent ID: 7971839
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: B63B,B63C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for mounting equipment on a waterborne vessel, the apparatus comprising: a base member; an elongate spacer arm connected to the base member, the elongate spacer arm comprising: and a selectively deployable elongate transducer arm pivotably coupled to the spacer arm, the elongate transducer arm comprising: wherein the spacer arm is substantially parallel to or collinear with the transducer arm when the transducer arm is in the stored position, allowing the apparatus to be folded for compact storage; and wherein the spacer arm is movable with respect to the base member such that, when the spacer arm is in a stored position, the distal end and the pivot point are inboard the vessel and, when the spacer arm is in a deployed position, the distal end and the pivot point are outboard the vessel while the base member remains mounted inboard the vessel.