Patent ID: 7527539
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
1. A jack plate/travel stop system comprising: a travel stop block having a rectilinear configuration with front and rear and top and bottom faces and with parallel side faces, a jack plate having two vertically aligned apertures in a central extent, the travel stop block having a pair of vertically aligned apertures in the rear face aligned with the apertures of the jack plate and with bolts extending through the apertures of the jack plate and the travel stop block for securing the travel stop block to the jack plate, the travel stop block being located between upper and lower transom bars whereby when the jack plate is in a lower most orientation, the travel stop block is in contact with a lower transom bar and whereby when the jack plate is in an upper most orientation, the travel stop block is in contact with an upper transom bar; and a generally rectilinear housing positionable on a transom of a boat, the housing having similarly configured vertically disposed side plates in a trapezoidal configuration with parallel upper and lower edges and with parallel front and rear edges, the housing having an upper transom bar coupling the side plates adjacent to the upper edges and a lower transom bar coupling the side plates adjacent to the lower and rear edges, short front plates extending inwardly from the front edges with an enlarged space between the front plates, the front plates being in a common plane with apertures for coupling the housing to a transom of a boat, the housing having parallel slots formed in the side plates adjacent to the rear edge, the slots facing each other in a generally vertical orientation.