Adjustable height propeller and drive assembly

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A WATER VEHICLE HAVING A MOTIVE POWER SOURCE AND A TRANSOM; A DRIVING MEMBER CONNECTED AT ONE END OF SAID MOTIVE SOURCE AND PASSING HORIZONTALLY THROUGH SAID TRANSOM; A HOUSING MEANS, MEANS FOR SECURING SAID HOUSING MEANS TO SAID TRANSOM, THE OTHER END OF SAID DRIVING MEMBER EXTENDING INTO SAID HOUSING MEANS; AN UPPER BEVEL PINION AND UPPER BEVEL GEAR, SAID BEVEL PINION SECURED TO THE LAST SAID END OF SAID DRIVING MEMBER, A DRIVING SLEEVE, SAID DRIVING SLEEVE SECURED TO SAID UPPER BEVEL GEAR, A DRIVING SHAFT, SAID DRIVING SHAFT SLIDEABLY AND VERTICALLY MOUNTED IN SAID DRIVING SLEEVE, FIRST KEYING MEANS BETWEEN SAID DRIVING SLEEVE AND SAID DRIVING SHAFT FOR MAINTAINING THE DRIVING SHAFT AND DRIVING SLEEVE IN FIXED ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT AND IN SLIDEABLY VERTICAL MOVEMENT; A PROPELLER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A DRIVING TRANSMISSION MEANS, A PROPELLER HOUSING MEANS AND A PROPELLER, SAID DRIVING TRANSMISSION MEANS INCLUDING A LOWER BEVEL PINION AND LOWER BEVEL GEAR, SAID DRIVING SHAFT BEING CONNECTED TO SAID LOWER BEVEL PINION, A PROPELLER SHAFT CONNECTED AT ONE END OF SAID LOWER BEVEL GEAR AND AT THE OTHER END TO SAID PROPELLER, SAID PROPELLER SHAFT BEING HORIZONTALY DISPOSED; STEERING MEANS FOR SAID PROPELLER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING STEERING GEAR MEANS, STEERING POWER MEANS FOR DELIVERING STEERING POWER TO SAID STEERING GEAR MEANS, A HOLLOW STEERING BAR HAVING A LOWER AND AN UPPER END, SAID LOWER END BEING SECURED TO SAID PROPELLER HOUSING, SAID UPPER END EXTENDED WITHIN SAID LOWER BEVEL PINION, SAID DRIVING SHAFT AND SAID DRIVING SLEEVE, A STEERING SLEEVE SURROUNDING THE UPPER END OF SAID STEERING BAR AT ITS LOWER END AND CONNECTED TO SAID STEERING GEAR MEANS AT ITS UPPER END, SECOND KEYING SAID STEERING BAR AND STEERING SLEEVE FOR LOCKING SAID PROPELLER ASSEMBLY FROM ROTATION IN RESPONSE TO POWER FROM SAID MOTIVE POWER SOURCE AND FOR POWER MEANS, AND STEERING POWER FROM SAID STEERING POWER MEANS, SAID STEERING POWER MEANS SECURED TO SAID FRAME, SAID STEERING GEAR MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID STEERING POWER MEANS AND BEARING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID STEERING GEAR MEANS WITHIN SAID FRAME; A PROPELLER ASSEMBLY RAISING MEANS INCLUDING A PROPELLER ASSEMBLY RAISING POWER MEANS SECURED TO THE TOP OF SAID FRAME, FLANGE MEANS RIGIDLY SECURED TO THE INTERIOR OF SAID HOLLOW STEERING BAR, AND ELONGATED RAISING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID RAISING POWER MEANS AT ITS UPPER END AND COOPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID FLANGE AT ITS LOWER END WHEREBY SAID HOLLOW STEERING BAR IS RAISED AND LOWERED IN RESPONSE TO POWER FROM SAID RAISING POWER MEANS; SAID ELONGATED RAISING MEANS EXTENDING INTO SAID HOLLOW STEERING BAR AND SAID DRIVE SHAFT EXTENDING INTO SAID FRAME WHEN SAID PROPELLER ASSEMBLY IS RAISES.