Patent ID: 8523620
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
1. A Floating Transom adapted to be mounted on a transom of a boat comprising, a back plate positioned approximately eighteen inches aft of said boat transom for supporting an outboard motor having a propeller, a transom mounting bracket attached to said boat transom by two mounting bracket clamps, a lifting bracket pivotally attached to an upper portion of said transom mounting bracket and pivotally attached to an upper portion of said back plate thereby allowing a height of said back plate and said outboard motor to be adjusted vertically up and down relative to a water surface, a hydraulic ram pivotally attached to a lower portion of said transom mounting bracket and pivotally attached to a lower portion of said back plate for adjusting a bottom of said back plate fore and aft relative to said transom, said transom mounting bracket, back plate, lifting bracket and hydraulic ram forming a four-bar linkage arrangement, said fore and aft adjustment of the bottom of the back plate allowing the thrust axis of the propeller to be adjusted when said back plate is adjusted vertically up and down to thereby maintain the boat flat on said water surface to allow maneuvering in very shallow water.