Patent ID: 7971839

Claim:
An apparatus for mounting equipment on a waterborne vessel, the apparatus comprising: a base member; an elongate spacer arm connected to the base member, the elongate spacer arm comprising: a base member end configured to connect to the base member; and a distal end opposite the base member end; wherein the length of the spacer arm is at least sufficient for the distal end to reach a gunwale of the vessel when the base member is mounted inboard the vessel; and a selectively deployable elongate transducer arm pivotably coupled to the spacer arm, the elongate transducer arm comprising: a proximal end configured to pivotably connect to the distal end of the spacer arm at a pivot point; and a transducer end opposite the proximal end, the transducer end being configured to attach to a transducer; wherein the transducer arm is configured to pivot between a deployed position and a stored position; and wherein the length of the transducer arm is at least sufficient for the transducer end to reach the water surface when the transducer arm is in the deployed position; wherein the spacer arm is substantially parallel to or collinear with the transducer arm when the transducer arm is in the stored position, allowing the apparatus to be folded for compact storage; and wherein the spacer arm is movable with respect to the base member such that, when the spacer arm is in a stored position, the distal end and the pivot point are inboard the vessel and, when the spacer arm is in a deployed position, the distal end and the pivot point are outboard the vessel while the base member remains mounted inboard the vessel.