Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Water skimming or walking device – With lashing
Patent
1991-03-06
1992-06-30
Basinger, Sherman
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Water skimming or walking device
With lashing
114 392, 441 70, 24602, B63H 904
Patent
active
051258595
ABSTRACT:
An adjustable release arrangement which can be added to existing footstraps on sailboards and the like. The existing footstrap nylon webbing is threaded through the metal tongue of the mechanism which engages a heavy spring latch in the mechanism box. The mechanism box is attached by nylon webbing to the buckle on the other end of the footstrap. The preferred method for adjusting the force required to pop open the footstrap is a thumbscrew which bears directly on the spring latch. The thumbscrew has markings corresponding to the release force and is prevented from inadvertent movement by means of a retaining arm. The entire mechanism is housed within the neoprene padding of the existing footstrap.
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Basinger Sherman
Brahan Thomas J.
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