Marine speedometer

Claim 1

A MARINE SPEEDOMETER HAVING A GAUGE, A CONNECTING TUBE ATTACHED TO SAID GAUGE AND AN IMPACT TUBE, SAID IMPACT TUBE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN A BRACKET COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BODY MEMBER HAVING AN UPPER END AND A LOWER END AND AN OPENING IN A LONGITUDINAL EDGE ADJACENT SAID LOWER END, MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID CONNECTING TUBE TO SAID BODY MEMBER AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID OPENING, A PAIR OF TRANSVERSE ARMS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BODY MEMBER ADJACENT SAID UPPER END, EACH ARM HAVING A FORWARD SURFACE AND A REARWARD SURFACE, SAID FORWARD SURFACES BEING COPLANAR AND FACING THE SAME DIRECTION AS SAID OPENING IN SAID BODY MEMBER AND HAVING AN ANNULAR PROJECTION THEREON, SAID PROJECTION BEING TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID BODY MEMBER AND INTERMEDIATE OF THE UPPER AND LOWER EDGES OF SAID FORWARD SURFACE, THE PORTION OF SAID FORWARD SURFACES BELOW SAID ANNULAR PROJECTION AND SAID REARWARD SURFACES BEING PARALLEL AND SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSE TO THE AXIS OF SAID OPENING, THE PORTION OF SAID FORWARD SURFACES ABOVE SAID ANNULAR PROJECTION HAVING A REARWARDLY DIRECTED TAPER, SAID BRACKET BEING ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON A BOAT AND HAVING A BASE AND SPACED APART ARMS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY FROM SAID BASE, SAID ARMS BEING SPACED APART SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID TRANSVERSE ARMS ON SAID IMPACT TUBE FOR RECEIVING SAID TUBE ARMS THEREBETWEEN, SAID BASE HAVING A DOWNWARDLY TAPERED SURFACE WITH A TRANSVERSE GROOVE THEREIN, SAID GROOVE CORRESPONDING TO SAID ANNULAR PROJECTION FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN AND A FLEXIBLE CLAMPING MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID BRACKET ADJACENT A RESPECTIVE BRACKET ARM AND SPACED FROM SAID TAPERED SURFACE OF SAID BASE A DISTANCE LESS THAN THE THICKNESS OF A RESPECTIVE TUBE ARM AND ANNULAR PROJECTION, WHEREBY SAID CLAMPING MEMBER YIELDABLY URGES THE CORRESPONDING REARWARD SURFACE OF A TRANSVERSE ARM TOWARD SAID TAPERED SURFACE UPON SAID ANNULAR PROJECTION BEING SEATED WITHIN SAID GROOVE FOR HOLDING SAID BODY MEMBER IN OPERATIVE POSITION SO THAT SAID IMPACT TUBE PIVOTS WHEN STRIKING AN OBJECT IN THE WATER AND RETURNS AUTOMATICALLY TO ITS OPERATIVE POSITION.