Oar handle

Details Oar handle Oar handle

1998-05-26

2000-10-03

Basinger, Sherman

Marine propulsion

Oar or paddle

440102, B63H 1604

Patent

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061265004

ABSTRACT:
An oar handle is used in sweep rowing. Sweep rowing is when a single oar is pulled by both hands of a single rower. The oar handle has a support which at one end can be secured to the end of the shaft of a sweep rowing oar. A handle bar having a pair of hand grips at its opposite ends is mounted at its center to the opposite end of the support. The handle bar is mounted to the support so that it is free to rotate on the support about a pivot point in the center of the handle bar. The pivot point is aligned with the central axis of the support. When the oar handle is mounted on the shaft of an oar with its central axis in alignment with the central axis of the oar, the pivot point is likewise aligned with the central axis of the oar. In use, a rower grips each one of the hand grips with one of his hands. As the rower pulls the oar, the handle bar rotates relative to the central axis of the oar, allowing the rower to pull equally with both of his arms and his body. The power of the rowing stroke is transferred from the pivot point of the handle bar to the oar along the central axis of the oar.

REFERENCES:
patent: 540579 (1895-06-01), Davis
patent: 3970032 (1976-07-01), Phillips

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