Locks – Special application
Reexamination Certificate
2007-11-05
2010-02-23
Cuomo, Peter M (Department: 3673)
Locks
Special application
C070S014000, C070S229000, C070SDIG057, C440S076000, C440S078000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07665334
ABSTRACT:
An outboard motor lower-unit lock has a key, a locking pin assembly and a shaft. To install the lock, a user drills a shaft hole the same diameter as the shaft through both sides of a housing unit below an access hole of the housing unit. The shaft is inserted in the shaft hole, and oriented so that a threaded hole in the center of the shaft can receive a threaded pin section of the locking pin. The locking pin receives the key. The key is tightened. Finally, the user removes the key allowing the locking pin to rotate around and below the shaft, thereby obstructing a bolt securing the lower-unit to the housing unit, and preventing the unauthorized removal of the lower-unit.
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Boswell Christopher
Cuomo Peter M
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