Patent ID: 9096299
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: B63H,F03B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An apparatus that suppresses a rooster tail generated by a marine surface drive, the apparatus comprising: a modifier including a modifier housing supported by at least one of a transom of a marine vessel and a drive housing; a plurality of vanes rigidly fixed to the modifier housing, wherein the plurality of vanes are fixed to an interior of the modifier housing and extend substantially orthogonally to the interior of the modifier housing, and wherein the plurality of vanes are configured to collectively deflect the rooster tail in an aft direction of the surface drive; at least one attachment device supporting the modifier to one of the drive housing and the transom and configured to selectively move the modifier in a deployed position engaging the vanes with the rooster tail wherein the rooster tail generated by the surface drive is deflected by the modifier housing and the plurality of vanes in a direction substantially parallel with an adjacent surface of the surrounding water and also move the modifier into a retracted position allowing the rooster tail to form without deflection while the marine vessel is in motion.