Ships – Apparatus held by or attached to rider to control sailboard... – Foot strap means
Patent
1988-01-20
1989-05-02
Basinger, Sherman D.
Ships
Apparatus held by or attached to rider to control sailboard...
Foot strap means
114162, 114345, 114354, B63B 708
Patent
active
048257907
ABSTRACT:
A sailing craft having components that can be readily assembled or disassembled for use includes a conventional mast and sail received in a forward end portion of a U-shaped frame. This frame forward end portion also releasably supports a forward end of the keel. A horizontally extending portion of the frame carries an inflatable inner tube, and the aft end of the frame releasably supports a post provided for at the aft end of the keel. A rudder is pivotably mounted to the aft end of the keel and can be controlled by a cross bar assembly provided at the forward end of the frame and operable by the users feet. The aft end of the frame also defines a backrest and the user can manipulate the craft with one hand on the main sheet and one or both feet on the cross bar leaving his other hand free for other recreational activities.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2531549 (1950-11-01), Boyd
patent: 3390656 (1968-07-01), Flowers
patent: 3601076 (1971-08-01), Meeks
patent: 3694835 (1972-10-01), Casey et al.
patent: 3986473 (1976-10-01), Truzzi
patent: 4408772 (1983-10-01), Hollwarth
Basinger Sherman D.
Swinehart Edwin L.
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