Ships – Sail or control means therefor – Specific sail structure or arrangement
Patent
1990-04-23
1991-12-24
Basinger, Sherman
Ships
Sail or control means therefor
Specific sail structure or arrangement
244199, B63H 904
Patent
active
050742345
ABSTRACT:
A vortex generator for attachment to the surface of a sail of a sailboat made from a strip of foldable material such as sail cloth or film that has a central member formed of two panels of the strip joined together by pressure sensitive adhesive and a foot panel extending from each side of the central member and having pressure sensitive adhesive on a surface thereof by which each foot panel is adhered to a surface of the sail.
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patent: 4223631 (1980-09-01), Poad
patent: 4696442 (1987-09-01), Mazzitelli
patent: 4729331 (1988-03-01), Eggleston
Basinger Sherman
Brahan Thomas I.
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