Steering apparatus for outboard motors

Claim 1

STEERING APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING THE STEERING OF AN OUTBOARD MOTOR COMPRISING,IN COMBINATION, A MOTOR UNIT, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID MOTOR UNIT FOR ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT ABOUT A STEERING AXIS, SAID MOTOR UNIT INCLUDING A POST WHOSE LONGITUDINAL AXIS COINCIDES WITH SAID STEERING AXIS, AND SAID SUPPORTING MEANS COMPRISING A HANGER BRACKET PROVIDED WITH A BEARING FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID POST FOR ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS THEREOF, MEANS HINGEDLY CONNECTING SAID SUPPORTING MEANS TO A BOAT TO ENABLE SAID SUPPORTING MEANS AND SAID MOTOR UNIT TO BE MOVED ABOUT A TILTING AXIS, A RIGID STEERING LEVER IN THE FORM OF A QUADRANT FIXED TO SAID POST SO AS TO BE ROTATABLE WITH SAID MOTOR ABOUT SAID STEERING AXIS, SAID QUADRANT EXTENDING FROM SAID POST TO SAID TILTING AXIS AND HAVING AN OUTER ARCUATE END SUBSTANTIALLY TANGENTIAL TO SAID TILTING AXIS AND CONNECTED AT THE TILTING AXIS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT WITH SAID MOTOR ABOUT SAID TILTING AXIS, AND MOVABLE MEANS COACTING WITH THE ARCUATE END OF SAID QUADRANT AND OPERABLE TO ROTATE SAID QUADRANT, SAID POST AND SAID MOTOR ABOUT SAID STEERING AXIS REGARDLESS OF THE DISPOSITION OF SAID QUADRANT RELATIVE TO SAID TILTING AXIS.