Mounting means for motors

Claim 1

MOUNTING MEANS FOR OUTBOARD MOTORS OR THE LIKE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A MOUNTING FRAME CONNECTIBLE TO A TRANSOM OF A BOAT OR THE LIKE AND HAVING A PROJECTING PORTION POSITIONED IN SPACED RELATION TO THE BOAT OR THE LIKE WHEN MOUNTED THEREON, A MOTOR SUPPORT MEMBER HAVING A PORTION OF SIZE AND SHAPE TO RECEIVE AND CARRY A PORTION OF AN OUTBOARD MOTOR OR THE LIKE, AND ARM PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID FRAME AND SAID MOTOR SUPPORT MEMBER, SAID ARM BEING MOVABLE FROM A LOWERED POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE TRANSOM OF THE BOAT OR THE LIKE WHEN SAID FRAME IS MOUNTED THEREON TO AN ELEVATED POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE LOWERED POSITION, A HELICAL SPRING ACTING IN TORSION MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND HAVING ONE END PORTION ENGAGING SAME AND THE OTHER END PORTION CONNECTED TO SAID ARM, SAID SPRING BEING MOUNTED SO THAT SAID ARM IS URGED INTO THE ELEVATED POSITION, SAID PROJECTING PORTION OF SAID FRAME HAVING AN APERTURE THEREIN, A LATCH MEMBER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID PROJECTING PORTION OF SAID FRAME AND WITH A PORTION ENGAGEABLE WITH A PORTION OF SAID PROJECTING PORTION OF SAID FRAME ADJACENT SAID APERTURE, SAID LATCH MEMBER HAVING A PORTION THEREOF PROJECTING THROUGH SAID APERTURE AND POSITIONABLE IN THE PATH OF SAID ARM WHEN SAME IS IN ELEVATED POSITION TO HOLD SAID ARM IN SUCH POSITION, A SPRING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID PROJECTING PORTION OF SAID FRAME AND SAID LATCH MEMBER URGING SAID PORTION THEREOF THROUGH SAID APERTURE AND INTO POSITION TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF SAID ARM FROM THE ELEVATED TO THE LOWERED POSITION, SAID LATCH MEMBER HAVING A PORTION GRASPABLE SO THAT SAID LATCH CAN BE RELEASED AGAINST THE PRESSURE OF SAID SPRING, SAID MOUNTING MEANS FOR OUTBOARD MOTORS OR THE LIKE BEING CONSTRUCTED AND ADAPTED SO THAT SAID FRAME CAN BE MOUNTED ON THE TRANSOM OF A BOAT OR THE LIKE AND AN OUTBOARD MOTOR MOUNTED ON SAID MOTOR SUPPORT MEMBER WITH SAID MOTOR BEING MOVABLE UPWARD AND DOWNWARD WITH SAID ARM BETWEEN LOWERED AND ELEVATED POSITIONS, SAID LATCH MEMBER BEING ENGAGEABLE BY SAID ARM WHEN IN AN ELEVATED POSITION TO PREVENT INADVERTENT MOVEMENT OF SAID ARM AND THEREBY RETAIN SAID MOTOR SUPPORT MEMBER IN AN ELEVATED POSITION.