Patent ID: 6821172
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
A pivotable outrigger assembly securable to a water vessel gunwale, said outrigger assembly comprising:a bracket including a top planar member having parallel upper and lower surfaces and a side planar member having parallel inner and outer surfaces integral therewith and generally perpendicular to said top planar member, each said top and side members having a plurality of spaced holes for receiving corresponding attachment members therethrough for securing said bracket to a water vessel gunwale with said side planar member being disposed inboard thereof said top planar member having a receptor opening formed generally medially thereof; an elongate receptor member having a hollow interior with a top end thereof rigidly secured to said lower surface of said top planar surface and aligned with said receptor opening and extending downwardly therefrom; and an elongate outrigger member including a first pivot portion having a bottom end removably insertable into said receptor and a top end extending upwardly therefrom, and a second pivot portion having one end attached to said top end of said first pivot portion and an opposite end disposed generally laterally therefrom for attachment of an oarlock adjacent said opposite end; and positive means for selectively fixing said first pivot portion within said receptor in at least two positions.