Patent ID: 7731552
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
1. A manually operated jack plate/travel stop system comprising: a transom plate having a forward surface and a rearward surface with a first thickness, the transom plate having two side edges and a top edge and a bottom edge, the transom plate having a plurality of mounting bolt holes there through with associated transom bolts passing through the transom plate and through the transom of a boat, the transom plate having a plurality of thread block holes there through; a thread block having a to and a bottom and four sides including a front side and a rear side, the thread block having a general rectilinear shape with a plurality of threaded mounting block holes there in, the threaded mounting holes being sized to be mated with the thread block holes in the transom plate, with the thread block having a threaded shaft hole there through; a pair of similarly configured side rails being mirror images of each other with each of the side rail having a front and a rear and a top and a bottom and an inner surface and an outer surface, each of the side rails having a forward edge and a rearward edge, each of the side rails having a rectangular enlargement with the rectangular enlargement having a groove running from top to bottom; the groove having an associated groove insert, the groove insert having a grease hole there through; a plurality of cross struts with each strut having a generally solid cylindrical configuration and having two ends with a length there between; the threaded rod having a first locking nut and a second locking nut, the locking nuts located at the lower end of the threaded rod; a travel stop block having a rectangular configuration and parallel front and rear faces, the travel stop block having parallel top and bottom faces with parallel side faces, the parallel side faces being located between the forward face and rear face and top face and bottom face; a splash plate; and a threaded rod having a top end and a bottom end with a length there between.