Patent ID: 6142839
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: B63B,B63H

Abstract:
A motor mounting system for an inflatable boat of the type having opposed first and second tubular gunwale sections extending from a tubular U-shaped stern section, the system comprising:a band horizontally and contiguously positionable on a rearward surface of an inflatable boat, the band having opposed first and second ends;a first strap that encircles a first section of an inflatable boat and said band adjacent said first end thereof to regain said band first end continuous to an inflatable boat;a second strap that encircles a second section of an inflatable boat and said band adjacent said second end thereof to regain said band first end contiguous to an inflatable boat;a bracket secured to said band at the stern of an inflatable boat and receiving a battery therein;a submersible motor having a horizontal propeller shaft rotatably extending therefrom to which is affixed a propeller, the motor being positioned beneath and supported by said bracket; anda motor control supportable by a section of an inflatable boat and electrically interposed between said battery and said motor.