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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110232556 | SAIL HANDLING MECHANISM THAT SECURES A HEADBOARD TO A HEADCAR A mechanism to raise and lower the sail of a boat includes a headcar movably secured to a mast of the boat and a headboard affixed to the sail. A pulling force applied to a halyard raises the sail and causes the headboard to engage the headcar. When the sail is lowered,... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20100282152 | MEGA YACHT MAST TRACKING SYSTEM WITH ARTICULATING SAIL FEEDER Disclosed is an articulating sail feeder that solves problems associated with furling and reefing sails on yachts, particularly large yachts. The inventive sail feeder includes hinge tracks arranged in articulating column that bends and rotates freely, but limits the ax... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20090084298 | MAINSAIL REEFING SYSTEM A mainsail reefing system comprises: a drum assembly including first and second coaxial drums for collecting luff-end and leech-end reefing lines, respectively; a drive mechanism for rotating the drum assembly; and a levelwind mechanism including a cam shaft configured ... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20080066668 | Furling and unfurling device for asymmetric sails An asymmetric sail furling and unfurling device comprises a tubular outer foil and an inner stay foil, the inner and outer foils providing a foil assembly adapted to transmit a torque for furling an unhoisted sail, which is furled on a sheath foil fitted on the outer fo... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080029009 | Sail flaking system A sail flaking system, comprising attachment points for receiving resilient band or elastic cord material. The attachment points are to be affixed in sets to a boat sail, the sets alternating from side to side on the sail. Each set of attachment points can then be joine... | 02/07/2008 |
