Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Water skimming or walking device – Water ski
Patent
1984-09-13
1985-08-06
Blix, Trygve M.
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Water skimming or walking device
Water ski
B63B 2156
Patent
active
045333343
ABSTRACT:
An improved handle for towing a person, such as a water skier, has a configuration which matches the natural shape of the grip of human hands as they hold the handle. The handle includes an upwardly and forwardly sloping lower section which is engaged by one hand of the skier. An upper section of the handle also slopes upwardly and forwardly and is engaged by the other hand of the skier. The upper and lower sections of the handle are interconnected by a connector section which extends rearwardly from an upper end of the lower section of the handle to the lower end of the upper section of the handle. This results in the upper and lower sections of the handle being offset so that the hands of the skier are disposed with the palm of one hand on a first side of the handle and a palm of the other hand on the opposite side of the handle. Due to the natural orientation of the palm of the upper hand of the skier when he is gripping the handle, the upper section of the handle slopes forwardly to a greater extent than the lower section of the handle.
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Blix Trygve M.
Swinehart Edwin L.
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