Ships – Sail or control means therefor – Specific sail structure or arrangement
Patent
1996-08-28
1998-04-14
Swinehart, Ed L.
Ships
Sail or control means therefor
Specific sail structure or arrangement
114 39001, B63H 904
Patent
active
057380317
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a halyard retaining device for securing a plurality of halyards to a mast track in a rearward side of an elongate mast, the device comprising: a collar having a plurality of shoulders; a clamp, on the collar, for releasably slidably mounting the collar at any selected position along the mast track; a plurality of arms each having: a base end pivotally mounted to an associated shoulder; and a distal end each having a detent, the arms being independently pivotable to an extended position wherein halyard detents are radially spaced about the mast at a lateral distance therefrom; and a lock, mounted to each of the shoulders and associated arm base ends, for releasably locking each arm in an independently selected extended position relative to the associated shoulder of the collar.
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Field Paul J.
Swinehart Ed L.
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