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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7114398 | Force sensing system The present invention seeks to provide a novel load cell which measures the force applied to, for example, an oarlock, without alteration to the boat and with minimal requirements for installation, use and maintenance. The force sensing system comprises (i) a force ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6925955 | Seating and rowing attachment for inflatable raft This invention provides an attachment for inflatable watercraft such as inflatable rafts to render such watercraft more suitable for sports fishing. The attachment includes a swivelable seat mounted at a convenient height for fishing, oarlocks mounted at the optimum... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6895887 | Gunwale member for a boat A gunwale for a boat. The gunwale can include an inner side and an outer side coupled at first ends to a top side forming a deck and at second ends to a bottom side. The gunwale can also include a first slot opening downwardly adjacent the inner side receiving a sid... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6881112 | Stroke cycle phase shift rowing A rowing shell adapted for phase shift rowing, seating multiple groups of rowers such that all rowers within a group are seated for synchronous rowing, but each group is seated for asynchronous rowing with respect to the adjacent group. The phase shift rowing overco... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6645025 | Paddle support having a storage device A paddle support having a storage device assists in rowing a vessel. The paddle is retained in the upper portion of a support that has a base section that may be connected to the storage device or a support strap. The storage device may rest directly on t... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6595816 | Device for removably attaching an oar to a boat Device for removably securing an oar (3) to an edge of a boat, comprising an oarlock (4) accommodating a coupling member secured to the shaft (6) of the oar (3); the oarlock (4) comprises a base (7) supporting, via a spindle (22), a pivoting transverse ar... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6183325 | Oarlock height adjuster for a rowing or sculling shell An oarlock (26) for a rowing shell (42) is threaded onto an adjusting tube (10) longer than the oarlock and just shorter than an oarlock pin (16). This oarlock/tube assembly is slipped over the pin and secured so that it is free to pivot. The pin is attac... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6109988 | Mechanism for rowing a small boat A new and improved leg assisted forward rowing system wherein a user can mechanically advantage the rowing of a boat by first pushing his foot forward along a foot glide member which is slidably engaged within a first track member. This force is transferr... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6095878 | Adjustable oarlock pin and rigging assembly An oarlock for a rowing shell has an elongated housing with a screw member secured therewithin for rotational movement, but not axial movement therewithin. At least one guide member is secured within an elongated slot member and is threadedly secured to t... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5899780 | Rowing apparatus A rowing apparatus having support tubing that extends over the gunnels of the canoe, and to which the oars are mounted, is angled upwardly to provide added clearance in choppy waters. The elongated track support to which the seat and the support tubing ar... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5873757 | Adjustable oarlock pin and rigging assembly An oarlock for a rowing shell has an elongated housing with a screw member secured therewithin for rotational movement, but not axial movement therewithin. At least one guide member is secured within an elongated slot member and is threadedly secured to t... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5848924 | Ball bearing oar lock device An oar lock device, comprising a socket member and an oar clamp member. The socket member has a bracket portion and a socket portion. The oar clamp member has a shaft, a shoulder portion and two oar brackets. The shaft is connected to the shoulder portion... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5827097 | Oarlock An oarlock of the invention is attached to a boat for supporting an oar. The oarlock is basically formed of an oar supporting member, a pivot part, and a bolt for assembling the oar supporting member and the pivot part. The oar supporting member is formed... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5360357 | Self-propelled watercraft A small self-propelled watercraft having a main hull and an outrigger hull that is powered by a fin like oar arrangement. The main hull seats the rider and provides the substantial portion of the buoyancy for the watercraft. The fin like oar arrangement i... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5324218 | Apparatus for adjusting the leverage of an oar or scull while rowing An oar or scull is equipped with a movable sliding bushing or collar (2, 3) for adjusting the leverage while rowing. For this purpose a locking device (12) normally prevents the linear or axial movement of the oar shaft with a sliding sleeve (8) which is ... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5249996 | Oar stop sound dampener An oar stop sound dampener which minimizes the sound produced during the rowing of a boat. It is composed of a flexible, solid, closed-cell foam and is placed on the shaft of the oar adjacent to the oar stop on the side toward the paddle. The dampener is ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5213529 | Oar horn An improved oar horn assembly includes a socket constructed to be fixed to the side of a boat for rotatably mounting an oar horn. The oar horn includes a ring having a substantially ovular through-hole for receiving the oar. The ovular through-hole is con... | 05/25/1993 |
| 4941855 | Oarlock An oarlock comprising a pin adapted to be mounted for pivotal movement about a generally vertical axis, the pin including an upwardly facing surface and an upper portion located above the surface, and an oar supporting member mounted on the upper portion ... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4889509 | Slideable outrigger On a rowboat with fixed installed rowing seats (4) and outriggers which can move in relation to them in the longitudinal direction of the boat, the outriggers are designed as slideable outriggers (1) which can slide on a single linear guide (11) like sled... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4704981 | Combination cleat and oarwell A combination cleat and oarwell apparatus comprising a body portion having mutually perpendicular x, y, and z axes and including a pair or projections extending in opposite directions along the x axis to form a cleat, a first extending portion having ther... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4662849 | Oar lock Two sleeves are arranged tangentially and are structurally connected to form the main body of the oar lock. One of the two sleeves, being larger than the other, is dimensioned to allow an oar shaft to pass through the sleeve. This larger sleeve is situate... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4623315 | Oarlock An oarlock comprising a base, a front leg extending upward therefrom and having a rearwardly extending top portion, and a rear leg extending upward from the base and having a forwardly extending top portion. The top portion of the rear leg is spaced from ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4416639 | Manageable safety dinghy This invention is an improved dinghy for tending yachts and for similar purposes. The use and operation of dinghies usually entails various problems. In the prior art the managing of the loading of passengers and of gear, and at the same time maintaining ... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4411214 | Rowing scull A rowing scull with a hull, a cockpit, and a deck fully peripherally interconnecting the cockpit and the hull. A frame extends beneath the cockpit, inside the hull, and is reinforcingly joined to the deck at each side of the cockpit. Outriggers for oarloc... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4383830 | Rowing rigs A rowing boat 10 has a fixed seat 14 and a movable foot stretcher 16 slidably mounted in guides 15. A swinging outrigger arm 17 is provided to support an oar by means of row lock 22 at its outer end. The inner end of outrigger 17 is pivotally mounted on a... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4309173 | Oarlock for inflatable boat A rowlock fitting for inflatable boats made as a unitary whole having a sole with a peripheral flange for adherence to the boat. Two upstanding, rigid, reinforcing ribs centrally located on a same side of the sole and integral therewith and made of a same... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4290156 | Oar lock seat Disclosed herein is an oar lock seat device that combines a sliding oar lock unit with an adjustable seat-cooler box. This apparatus is comprised of two gunnel mounted sliding oar lock assemblies structurally connected by an adjustable seat-carriage assem... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4063320 | Inflatable boat An inflatable boat includes a buoyant body having a pair of elongated lateral portions which are arcuately raised at both the bow region and the stern region thereof, a stern bulkhead connected to the lateral portions and extending between them, and a bot... | 12/20/1977 |
