Patent ID: 7669361

Claim:
An adjustable fishing outrigger of the type used on a marine vessel for positioning an outrigger pole, said outrigger comprising: a body adapted to be mounted in fixed relation to the marine vessel; a receiver adapted for holding the outrigger pole, said receiver being coupled to said body in a manner allowing relative movement between said body and said receiver with respect to both (i) an angle of rotation of the outrigger pole about an axis, and (ii) an elevation angle of the outrigger pole; a rotatably drivable motion conversion mechanism for converting rotational motion to linear motion, said motion conversion mechanism including a rotatably driven member and a linearly movable member coupled to said rotatably driven member for moving said linearly movable member in response to rotation of said rotatably driven member; a track pitched in a direction along said axis; and a linearly and rotatably movable member coupled to both said linearly movable member of said motion conversion mechanism and to said track for effecting linear movement of said linearly and rotatably movable member along said axis for effecting rotation of said linearly and rotatably movable member about said axis, said linearly and rotatably movable member being coupled to said receiver for mechanically driving said receiver for adjusting both said elevation angle of the outrigger pole and said angle of rotation of the outrigger pole.