Sail having a honeycomb array of pockets

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1985-12-09

1987-01-20

Barefoot, Galen L.

Ships

Sail or control means therefor

Specific sail structure or arrangement

244145, B63H 906

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046373330

ABSTRACT:
A sail for a wind driven craft includes a panel having a multiplicity of pockets disposed in contiguous rows, and staggered with respect to pockets in adjacent rows, and aligned with pockets in alternate rows, to define a honeycomb array. Open ends of the pockets may be polygonal and have curved inner walls with closed ends. External sides of the pockets are convex. Each pocket has an infinite number of diametral planes dividing the pocket into two spaces of equal volume. The panel may have a peripheral flange overlapping peripheral pockets.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2159923 (1939-05-01), Willard
patent: 2730316 (1956-01-01), Frieder et al.
patent: 3690603 (1972-09-01), Lemoigne
patent: 3851612 (1974-12-01), Jalbert

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