Ships – Ballasting – Floats
Patent
1991-03-25
1992-08-04
Swinehart, Edwin L.
Ships
Ballasting
Floats
114345, 114 61, B63H 4314
Patent
active
051349531
ABSTRACT:
A portable outrigger assembly for use to enhance the stability of a sailboat and the like. The outrigger assembly comprises an inflatable hull, a tube for supporting the inflatable hull in spaced-apart relationship to a sailboat, and hull attachment means for securing the inflatable hull to the tube. The hull attachment means includes means to selectively change the cross-sectional shape of the inflatable hull so as to modify the lift capability thereof as desired.
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patent: 4136414 (1979-01-01), Popkin
patent: 4641594 (1987-02-01), Birkett
patent: 4771722 (1988-09-01), Tihany
patent: 5007362 (1991-04-01), Balogh
Jenkins Richard E.
Swinehart Edwin L.
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