ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,495, issued on Aug. 12.
"Support system for outboard marine motors at the transom of a boat" was invented by Piero Gai (Busalla, Italy), Marcella Gai (Busalla, Italy) and Enrico Pagani (Crocefieschi, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support system for outboard marine motors at the transom of a boat includes a support device having a first part that is integral with the transom and a second part that is integral with the outboard motor. The second part is translatable with respect to the first part, so that the second part moves according to an orientation in the distancing or approaching direction of the water line of the boat....