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Assembled sail powered vehicle

Patent 5873588 Issued on February 23, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject January 19, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Assignee

Application

No. 588996 filed on 01/19/1996

US Classes:

280/213, Sail attachments114/39.15, With hydrofoil (e.g., keel, skeg, rudder, etc.)114/90, Masts and masting114/102.11, Sail assembly freely held by rider114/354Collapsible

Examiners

Primary: Swinehart, Edwin L.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

B63B 035/00

Abstract

An assembled sail powered vehicle, including: a sail; a frame for supporting the sail, the frame including a plurality of elongated rigid frame members, a plurality of joint assemblies releasably captured between the ends of respective of the frame members, and a plurality of elongated flexible members, the flexible members being connected between respective of the joint assemblies, and the flexible members and joint assemblies cooperating to apply compression loads to the frame members; and structure for supporting the frame for movement across a surface.

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