Motorized ski sled

Claim 1

A MOTORIZED SKI SLED COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BUOYANT PANEL HAVING AN ACCESS OPENING FORMED THEREIN ADJACENT ITS FORWARD END, AN OUTBOARD MOTOR INCLUDING A DEPENDING LOWER UNIT ASSEMBLY AND MEANS SUPPORTING SAID OUTBOARD MOTOR FROM SAID BUOYANT PANEL WITH SAID LOWER UNIT PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SAID OPENING AND MOUNTED FOR ROTATION WITH SAID MOTOR ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID LOWER UNIT RELATIVE TO SAID PANEL, CONTROL BRIDLE MEMBERS SECURED AT CORRESPONDING ENDS TO SAID MOTOR ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID AXIS, A CONTROL SHAFT, THE ENDS OF SAID BRIDLE MEMBERS REMOTE FROM SAID MOTOR BEING SECURED TO OPPOSITE END PORTIONS OF SAID CONTROL SHAFT, A MOVABLE HANDGRIP MOUNTED ON SAID CONTROL SHAFT, SAID MOTOR INCLUDING A MOVABLE THROTTLE CONTROL, A BOWDEN CABLE SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID THROTTLE CONTROL AND TO SAID HANDGRIP AT THE OTHER END OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID HANDGRIP TO SAID THROTTLE CONTROL FOR MOVING THE LATTER IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID HANDGRIP RELATIVE TO SAID CONTROL SHAFT, MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID HANDGRIP AND SAID CONTROL SHAFT YIELDINGLY URGING SAID HANDGRIP IN ONE DIRECTION TO A FIRST POSITION COMPLETELY CLOSING SAID THROTTLE CONTROL, AND AUTOMATICALLY RELEASABLE MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CONTROL SHAFT AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID HANDGRIP FOR SELECTIVELY LIMITING MOVEMENT OF SAID HANDGRIP TOWARD SAID FIRST POSITION, SAID AUTOMATICALLY RELEASABLE MEANS INCLUDING MEANS AUTOMATICALLY RELEASABLE FROM ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID HANDGRIP IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID HANDGRIP IN A DIRECTION URGING SAID THROTTLE CONTROL TOWARD THE FULL OPEN POSITION.