htbboats
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The attatched picture showes outboard pipes that have been manfactured since 1983.
The pipe on the far left was the first on the market made by my good friend Jon Equi. Jon was granted a patent in 1985. He made a 3.5/7.5/11cc pipe all about the same patern by adapting a larger mid-section for each appropriate size. Jon no longer makes pipe and had since sold his dies, his patent has run out.
The 2nd pipe is the Aerotech. Aerotech made a 7.5/11 cc pipe both the same shape as well. These pipes are no longer in production.
The 3rd pipe is the Irwin. Jim makes 3.5/7.5/11cc pipes,again all about the same shape. These are still on the market but according to Jim sales have been down this year.
The 4th is the Garcia. He made several variations of the 3.5/7.5 pipes. I'm not sure of the status of this production.
The 5th pipe is the Rossi. These 3.5/7.5 pipes are still available.
To the far right is the Silver Bullet 3.5 pipe. Buddy Carter and I also make a 7.5 pipe with this same shape.
I have been accused by one of the manfacturer's of copying "his " design. I feel in no way that I have copied any of these pipes. I was told by this manfacture that he had a patent on the "J" shape! Give me a break! A patent on a shape! If I'm guilty then are not all inboard pipes copying a shape? There all straight. What about tunnel boats, monos! There all about the same shape.
By the way, I searched for this manfacturer's patent and never found it! I then asked for the patent number from the manafacturer himself and was told that he had forgotten to renew it, it had run out! Yeah right! He even told me earlier that he had been paying 500.00 a year to keep it renewed, would I forget that! Just more smoke!
Looks to me if anything we may all be guilty of copying the Equi Pipe. My trouble is not with Jon.
What I'm asking for is opinions. Copy or not, you decide!
Mark, HTB BOATS/SILVER BULLET PIPES
Stay "tuned" in and see if things "pipe" down.
The pipe on the far left was the first on the market made by my good friend Jon Equi. Jon was granted a patent in 1985. He made a 3.5/7.5/11cc pipe all about the same patern by adapting a larger mid-section for each appropriate size. Jon no longer makes pipe and had since sold his dies, his patent has run out.
The 2nd pipe is the Aerotech. Aerotech made a 7.5/11 cc pipe both the same shape as well. These pipes are no longer in production.
The 3rd pipe is the Irwin. Jim makes 3.5/7.5/11cc pipes,again all about the same shape. These are still on the market but according to Jim sales have been down this year.
The 4th is the Garcia. He made several variations of the 3.5/7.5 pipes. I'm not sure of the status of this production.
The 5th pipe is the Rossi. These 3.5/7.5 pipes are still available.
To the far right is the Silver Bullet 3.5 pipe. Buddy Carter and I also make a 7.5 pipe with this same shape.
I have been accused by one of the manfacturer's of copying "his " design. I feel in no way that I have copied any of these pipes. I was told by this manfacture that he had a patent on the "J" shape! Give me a break! A patent on a shape! If I'm guilty then are not all inboard pipes copying a shape? There all straight. What about tunnel boats, monos! There all about the same shape.
By the way, I searched for this manfacturer's patent and never found it! I then asked for the patent number from the manafacturer himself and was told that he had forgotten to renew it, it had run out! Yeah right! He even told me earlier that he had been paying 500.00 a year to keep it renewed, would I forget that! Just more smoke!
Looks to me if anything we may all be guilty of copying the Equi Pipe. My trouble is not with Jon.
What I'm asking for is opinions. Copy or not, you decide!
Mark, HTB BOATS/SILVER BULLET PIPES
Stay "tuned" in and see if things "pipe" down.