Patent ID: 9173387
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: A01K,B63B

Abstract:
1. A locking twist grip drive handle positioner for an outrigger device used on a fishing vessel comprising: a base collar; a rotation tube vertically disposed and rotatably supported within said base collar; a handle assembly attached to said rotation tube, said handle assembly comprising a horizontally disposed rotatable slide handle having a helical cut groove engaged by a shoulder bolt secured to a spring biased engagement pin constructed and arranged to secure said rotation tube in a first positioning slot formed in said base collar; and a locking bar traversing said slide handle, said locking bar including a positioning lever mounted perpendicular thereto; whereby placing said positioning lever in an unlocked position allows rotation of said slide handle to permit movement of said shoulder bolt along said helical cut groove creating linear movement of said engagement pin to permit disengagement from said rotation tube wherein said handle assembly allows movement of said rotation tube to permit said engagement pin to secure said rotation tube in a second positioning slot formed in said base collar, and placing said positioning lever in a locked position causes said locking bar to engage said slide handle to prevent rotation.