US 11,932,366 B1
Pontoon kicker motor mount
Gary Nyren, St. Augusta, MN (US)
Assigned to Powrtran Inc., St. Cloud, MN (US)
Filed by Powrtran INC., St. Cloud, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/220,663.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/003,639, filed on Apr. 1, 2020.
Int. Cl. B63H 20/06 (2006.01); B63B 3/48 (2006.01); B63B 35/34 (2006.01)
CPC B63H 20/06 (2013.01) [B63B 3/48 (2013.01); B63B 35/34 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A kicker motor mount system for attachment to only the deck of a pontoon boat, the deck having a deck pad and a trim rail, the kicker motor mount system comprising:
a deck mount unit having an L-shaped deck plate and an attachment plate, the deck plate having a horizontal deck plate portion with apertures for receiving threaded fasteners, a vertical plate portion extending downwardly from the horizontal deck portion no more than 6 inches and having a pair of apertures for receiving a toggle fastener, the pair of apertures within 4 inches of the horizontal plate portion;
a kicker motor receiving unit attached to the deck mount unit and adjustable vertically thereto,
wherein the kicker motor receiving unit comprises a pair of flanges abutting the deck mount unit, and
wherein the flanges of the kicker motor receiving unit and a rear wall of the deck mount unit have corresponding apertures, the corresponding apertures configured to receive threaded fasteners such that a vertical offset between the kicker motor receiving unit and the deck mount unit may be adjusted.