Patent ID: 6669516
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
A weed and impact resistant outboard motor drive system comprising:a motor; a small propeller; an elongated flexible shaft having a proximal end coupled to said motor and a distal end coupled to .said small propeller; a curved tubular housing, enclosing said flexible shaft, and having one end secured to said motor and its other end supporting said small propeller; a mounting bracket, for removably clamping said drive system to a boat; a tapered skeg, extending beyond the diameter of said small propeller, mounted to said tubular housing adjacent to said small propeller; said curved tubular housing supporting said small propeller for rotation below, and with its axis substantially parallel to the water surface, and with a tangent to said curved tubular housing, at the point of entry into the water, forming an acute included angle with said water surface; so that the curved portion of said curved tubular housing is at the waterline when in normal operating position; and said curved tubular housing having the portion secured to said motor extending substantially perpendicular to said water.