Elevator for outboard motor

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A BOAT, AN OUTBOARD MOTOR AT THE STERN OF SAID BOAT, A PIVOT MOUNTING HAVING A HORIZONTAL AXIS BETWEEN SAID OUTBOARD MOTOR AND BOAT, A POWER LIFT MECHANISM FOR PIVOTING SAID OUTBOARD MOTOR IN A VERTICAL PLANE ABOUT SAID HORIZONTAL AXIS, SAID LIFT MECHANISM BEING MOUNTED ON THE TRANSOM OF SAID BOAT INDEPENDENTLY OF THE OUTBOARD MOTOR AND INCLUDING A HOLLOW HOUSING CONNECTED TO THE INNER WALL OF THE TRANSOM, A MOVABLE RACK AN PINION IN SAID HOUSING, SAID PINION BEING IN MESH WITH SAID RACK, SAID RACK BEING ADAPTED TO BE MOVED THROUGH AN ARCUATE PATH IN A VERTICAL PLANE EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF SAID BOAT, ONE END OF SAID RACK EXTENDING THROUGH AN OPENING PROVIDED IN SAID TRANSOM, A BUMPER ON SAID ONE END OF THE TRACK DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE OUTBOARD MOTOR, A DRIVE MOTOR, A DRIVE CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID DRIVE MOTOR AND SAID PINION, AND REMOTE CONTROL MEANS IN THE BOW OF SAID BOAT FOR ENERGIZING SAID DRIVE MOTOR TO MOVE SAID RACK THROUGH SAID ARCUATE PATH TO AN EXTENDED POSITION, THEREBY URGING THE BUMBER AGAINST THE OUTBOARD MOTOR AND PIVOTING SAID OUTBOARD MOTOR ABOUT THE HORIZONTAL AXIS OF SAID PIVOT MOUNTING WITH RESPECT TO SAID BOAT.