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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6714117 | Detector constructed from fabric A position sensor is arranged to detect the position of a mechanical interaction, such as the application of manual pressure. A first fabric layer has electrically conductive fibers machined therein to provide a first conductive outer layer allowing conduction in al... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6085679 | Sail boat jibe control system A sail boat boom control system provides braking forces for restraining movement of the boom during down wind sailing or sailing with a quartering breeze. The system comprises a boom restrainer loop attached to the boom and resiliently tensioned, pivotall... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6062155 | Mast mounted boom support for sailboats A boom support for supporting a sailboat boom on all sailing angles. The boom support, which is pivotally attached to the lower portion of the mast below the boom, includes two resiliently flexible rods extending from the mast attachment upwardly and outw... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6050209 | Vangs A vang for producing a desired tension in the mainsail of a yacht employs, in association with a multi-sheave block and tackle system conferring mechanical advantage, a valve releasable, variable length, pressurized gas spring strut. Operation against a s... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5313904 | Sail boom clamp A sail boom clamp has two opposing jaws (22) and (23) which fit around a mast (2) in use to hold a sail boom in position. The effective separation of the jaws (22) and (23) can be altered by cooperation between a foot 40 on an underside of the jaw (23) an... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5115752 | Rod kicker for a sailing vessel rig A Rod Kicker: is disclosed for applying downhaul to a boom of a sailing rig. The rod kicker consists of two telescopically engaged elongate struts (4, 5). One end of one strut is secured to a mast (2) below the boom (3) and the remote end of the other str... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5070802 | Vang assembly for sailboats A vang assembly is provided for manipulating a sailboat boom. The vang assembly includes a mechanical vang in the form of a resiliently flexible elongate column provided with an adjustment means in the form of a soft vang for arcuately flexing the mechani... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5007361 | Boom-mast coupler for windsurfer An improved windsurfer apparatus includes a boom-mast connector having a collar portion which has a concave inner surface for receiving the mast of the windsurfer, an arch portion which is adapted for grasping by an operator, and a pair of projections hav... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4922845 | Boom for a sailing device A multi-level boom adapted for use on a sailing device such as a sailboard. The boom comprises a lower portion in a wishbone type shape having a forward end adapted to be secured to a mast and an aft end adapted for securing the clew of a sail to the boom... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4782780 | Sailboard booms A mast end boom mounting (10) for a sailing craft comprising a pair of members (11 and 12) hingedly interconnected and shaped to encompass a mast in closely abutting relationship, at least one of the members (11 and 12) being adapted to be mounted to the ... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4704980 | Device for fixing the wishbone boom to the mast of a sailboard The front body (2) has holes (3, 4) for receiving the ends of the wishbone boom, and an arched surface (7) intended to be applied against the mast. An arched clamping piece (9) is provided at each end with a metal rod (10, 11), each of which is intended t... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4696249 | Apparatus for attaching sail-board boom to mast The apparatus comprises two fixtures and a length of line. A primary fixture fits against the mast and interconnects the two spars of the wishbone boom. The second fixture turns relative to the first fixture. The line is attached at one end to the second ... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4681052 | Inhaul boom end for sailboard boom assembly An inhaul boom end part for a sailboard boom assembly is molded integrally from plastic. The inhaul boom end part is generally V-shaped and includes a pair of tubular portions for attachment to the booms and a central portion. The central portion includes... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4674428 | Varible outhaul wishbone boom for board sailor A resiliently flexible wishbone boom comprised of a pair of boom sections attached to the pivotal mast of a sailboard. A sail located between the boom sections is attached by its leading edge to the mast and at one location along its trailing edge to the ... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4671199 | Rig for a windsurfing board The invention relates to a rig for a windsurfing board in which the clew (8) of the sail (2) prior to tensioning and trimming of the sail (2) is fixed in location in a stern fitting (10) of the wishbone boom (3). The stationary fixing can either be done p... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4665852 | Device for securing a forked boom to the mast of a sailboard A device for securing a forked boom to a mast and includes clamping elements, which engage the mast and are provided on a retaining member which at least partly surrounds the mast. The retaining member is annular and is larger in diameter than the mast. A... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4630564 | Boom control device for a sailboat boom Arrangement for a boat (1) which has a boom projecting out from a mast (2) and designed to be connected to a sail, especially on a sailing boat (1). The invention enables the boom to be prevented effectively and reliably from swinging around the mast too ... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4473022 | Sail construction A hand maneuverable sailing rig includes a sail construction having a mast, a sail attached thereto and a bowed, wishbone boom encircling the mast and sail. The wishbone boom is attached to the mast and sail by stays and tie lines. The mast is pivotably s... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4448143 | Sail cradle This invention is a removable and buoyant sail cradle for use on small sailboats having detachable masts and booms such as the commercially available AMF All-Court Sunfish such that the sail cradle has a stem having a hollow first end which inserts within... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4448142 | Boom assembly for sailboard A boom assembly is pivotally attached to the mast of a sailboard for pivotal movement between a use position and a storage position. The boom assembly includes a boom bracket and a pair of booms which are connected to the boom bracket. An elastic connecti... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4406240 | Kicking strap for sailing-boats A kicking strap for sailing-boats comprises a tackle with two multifold blocks (8, 9) connected and supported by means of two telescopic pipes (15, 16). The pipes are connected by a spring counteracting their joining, e.g. a pneumatic spring (21) secured ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4319536 | Boom attaching mechanism A spar-end boom fitting, comprising a first and a second boom receiving member each having a boom receiving bore therein and each being joined by a connecting member with the connecting member forming with the boom receiving members a spar-receiving inden... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4262616 | Sailing-boat mast A mast of simplified and standardized constructional design consists of a tubular section and ancillary components such as a masthead or boom support plates which are welded to the tubular section, the masthead being constituted by a casing and head-piece... | 04/21/1981 |
