Marine propulsion inventions 06/07

20070149070 - Boat: A remote control operation unit can have a remote control shift lever through which a boat operator can remotely select between forward, neutral, and reverse drive modes. A boat propulsion unit can have a shift switching device for shifting and a shift actuator for operating the shift switching device. A... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070141924 - Outboard motor: An outboard motor is provided with a bar handle equipped with a throttle grip enabling push-pull operation and rotate operation by the boat operator, and one or the other of the engine and the motor is connected to the propeller in accordance with the push-pull operation of the throttle grip.... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070134998 - Inline paddle fishing boat: An inline paddle fishing boat from which two people can fish from either side or from the same side of the boat while using their feet to move the boat in the water, and which is easily transported on land. These advantages are achieved by an inline seating arrangement, and... Agent: Reginald F Roberts Jr

20070134999 - Motor-driven inflatable boat, in particular for ice rescue, comprising mounted steering devices, control units and an air propeller propulsion device: An engine-driven device comprising a keel-less boat body consisting of at least two parallel, spaced, inflated tube bodies (1, 2) and comprising a substantially rigid or firm bottom (6) which is disposed between said tube bodies. A propeller propulsion (25) together with the steering means (27) and with control means... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070135000 - Outboard jet drive marine propulsion system: An outboard jet drive marine system for a boat includes a housing, the housing has front and rear sides, and a top and bottom. The housing is adapted to be affixed behind a hull of a boat. An engine is disposed within the housing. A jet drive unit is releasably... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070128956 - Torsional control boat throttle system: A torsional throttle control system is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the throttle control system is twist-style grip that has an axis with an angle adjustable to a housing. Another feature comprises trim and/or outboard motor control(s) atop the grip. Yet another... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP