Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Water skimming or walking device – Surfboard
Patent
1985-05-31
1986-06-03
Blix, Trygve M.
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Water skimming or walking device
Surfboard
24 16PB, 24602, 280623, 114 39, B63B 3572
Patent
active
045927340
ABSTRACT:
A foot strap and baseplate assembly for mounting on boards of the type used in surfboarding and windsurfing. Each assembly includes a pair of baseplates formed with cavities which open through the top along a slot and at the rear through a wedge-shaped doorway. A pair of elongated flexible straps are formed with enlarged proximal ends which releasably fit in the cavity of a respective baseplate. The shape of the cavity and corresponding shape of the strap proximal end, together with the predetermined hardness of the proximal end, cause the strap to engage in the cavity when the pulling force is below a predetermined limit, while disengaging when the force exceeds that limit whereby the strap is released to free the user's feet from the board. The straps flex and collapse to permit the user to lie flat on the board. The tops of the baseplates are rounded and have a low profile which facilitates alternate use of the board without the straps.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3473768 (1969-10-01), Piasecki
patent: 3501814 (1970-03-01), Anderson et al.
patent: 3931980 (1976-01-01), Marker
Blix Trygve M.
Swinehart Edwin L.
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