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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7070470 | Bow-facing rowing system A rowing device with articulating oars FIG. 4 that are connected to outriggers FIG. 1 at the point of articulation. While the rower sits on a fixed seat 6, said outriggers 4 are foot operated 2 and function in the opposite directio... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6964589 | Sculling boat assembly A sculling boat assembly is provided to control the traveling direction and drive a boat, and the sculling boat assembly installs a transmission mechanism on two hulls, connects an end of each transmission mechanism to a handle extended from the two hulls, connects ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6932019 | Gunwale clamp, attachments, and support structures An apparatus of mounting items to a gunwale of a boat is provided. The apparatus includes a clamp comprised of at least two clamp parts. Each clamp part include a nose part and a shoulder portion. A fastener may extend through each nose part. The nose part of a firs... | 08/23/2005 |
| 5248272 | Forwards facing rowing apparatus with feathering of the oar blades A forwards facing rowing apparatus wherein the usual pair of sweep hinges is replaced by a single, common axis, sweep hinge system mounted to and rockable with the oarlock mainframe and wherein a blade feathering mechanism including a coupling device such... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5215482 | Apparatus for forward facing boat rowing An apparatus for forward facing rowing of a boat is disclosed. An elongate outrigger support extends outwardly from a mounting point in the boat and has an end adjacent to the mounting point around which the elongate outrigger support pivots horizontally.... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5112261 | Reverse boat oars A reverse boat oar is provided and consists of a mechanism for holding a large gear portion on a distal end of an oar handle arm and a small gear portion formed on a distal end of an oar paddle arm in a meshing rotatable relationship. An oar lock attaches... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4889508 | Bow facing rowing system A bow facing rowing system comprising the combination of an oar reversing device and a bracket device for supporting the oar reversing device. The oar reversing device includes a housing having opposing ends which terminate in a pair of upper and lower fl... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4738643 | Bow facing rowing apparatus Rowing apparatus for propelling an oar driven watercraft in a direction in which the oarsman is facing. The apparatus includes a handle portion, a blade portion, and a transmission mechanism interconnecting the handle and blade portions. Through the trans... | 04/19/1988 |
