Ships – Apparatus held by or attached to rider to control sailboard... – Harness means
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-07
2001-09-25
Basinger, Sherman (Department: 3617)
Ships
Apparatus held by or attached to rider to control sailboard...
Harness means
Reexamination Certificate
active
06293215
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to sailing harnesses.
2. Description of Prior Art
The invention relates in particular to sailing harness having a hooked spreader bar for attachment to a boom of a windsurfer or a trapeze line of a sail boat rigging. Such an attachment allows the sailor to use his body weight and release his hands for other tasks or simply to relieve, from time to time, the effort required to hold the boom or the trapeze line. Hooked spreader bars are already known and are attachable to a sailor's body harness by webbing straps provided for each end of the spreader bar. Such attachment requires threading of the straps into buckles. This normally takes some time, requires both hands and is not be quickly releasable. Also, inherent loose strap ends can be quite hazardous, especially in high winds where the loose ends flap violently about. Buckled straps tend to loosen in time requiring the sailor to make continuous adjustments in use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to overcome or at least reduce these problems.
According to the invention there is provided a sailor's support apparatus comprising a hooked spreader bar that fits across the front of a body of a sailor, one or more straps extending to support around the body of the sailor having ends located opposite each respective end of the spreader bar, and quick release locking means mounted to the spreader bar arranged to hold the strap tight and securely adjacent each respective end of the spreader bar.
The support apparatus may include a harness and the straps comprise two straps that are each anchored at one end to the harness.
Ends of the straps may have serrated surfaces, pivotable stops being mounted to the spreader bar adjacent respective ends to lock against selected of the serrations when the straps are tight to form the quick-release locking means.
The pivotable stops may be spring biassed towards the serrated surface of the strap.
Locking handles may be provided and arranged to hold the locking means closed.
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Basinger Sherman
Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Neil Pryde Limited
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