Patent ID: 8454400

Claim:
An attachment assembly for mounting an outboard motor on a boat transom comprising: a pair of U-shaped side frame members disposed in a laterally spaced-apart relationship, said side frame members forming a lateral inverted-U-shaped transom channel extending therebetween, each of said side frame members having a first bore laterally aligned with a corresponding first bore in the other said side frame member; at least one lateral frame member having opposite ends, each end coupled to a different one of said side frame members to create said laterally spaced-apart relationship; a cylindrical cam member having an outer surface, a central axis, and axially aligned cylindrical protrusions extending from opposite ends thereof at a position radially offset from said central axis, each of said protrusions being inserted into a corresponding one of said first bores, thereby rotatably coupling said cam member to said side frame members; wherein said cam member is sized and positioned so that said outer surface abuts and compressively engages a boat transom positioned within said transom channel when said cam member is rotated in a first direction, and said cam member is drawn away from and releases the boat transom when said cam member is rotated in a second direction.