Reel for surfboard leash

Details Reel for surfboard leash Reel for surfboard leash

1998-01-02

1999-08-17

Avila, Stephen

Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices

Water skimming or walking device

With lashing

B63B 100

Patent

active

059384921

ABSTRACT:
An elongated flexible surfboard leash is secured at one end to a conventional plug attachment within a surfboard, windsurf board or the like. The remaining end and a portion of the surfboard leash is wound within a housing having a take-up reel driven by a take-up spring. The housing is secured to the surfer's ankle and a slight tension is maintained upon the surfboard leash as the surfer moves about. An ankle strap includes conventional hook and loop fabric attachment for securing the housing to the user's ankle. In an alternate embodiment, an attachment cooperating with the leash plug of the board is secured thereto and further supports the take-up reel. The outer end of the surfboard leash is secured to an ankle strap formed of a flexible strap having hook and loop fabric attachment pads cooperating to secure the surfboard leash to the user's ankle.

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patent: 3317936 (1967-05-01), Johnson et al.
patent: 4621589 (1986-11-01), Thinnes
patent: 4938725 (1990-07-01), Beck
patent: 5490805 (1996-02-01), Bredesen

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