Kayak and similarly shaped object locking device

Details Kayak and similarly shaped object locking device Kayak and similarly shaped object locking device

1991-01-18

1992-03-17

Gall, Lloyd A.

Locks

Portable

Fetters

70 30, 70 58, 70258, 114172, 114347, 224315, 441 74, B60R 900, E05B 7300

Patent

active

050957228

ABSTRACT:
A one piece locking device for securing kayaks and similarly shaped objects to stationary objects and automobile-mounted cartop carriers. The apparatus consists of a single plastic coated cable with a larger fixed loop at one end and two smaller fixed loops near and at the other end. The larger fixed loop is placed around one end of a kayak and the remaining cable passed under the crossbars of a cartop carrier and then around the opposite end of the kayak. By securing the two smaller fixed loops together with a lock, a loop is formed around this opposite end of the kayak. This newly formed loop and the larger fixed loop have approximately the same circumference, which is larger than the ends of the kayak but smaller than the cross-sectional circumference of the cockpit area of the kayak. The length of cable between the larger fixed loop and the newly formed loop is shorter than the kayak; thus when the two smaller fixed loops are secured together with a lock the apparatus forms a harness around the kayak preventing it from being dislodged from the cartop carrier. A second embodiment replaces the two smaller fixed loops with an affixed cable lock and an affixed locking pin, thus negating the need for a separate lock.

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