Ships – Towing or pushing – Towing by means of cable
Patent
1998-03-09
1999-11-09
Dayoan, D. Glenn
Ships
Towing or pushing
Towing by means of cable
440 33, 441 68, B63B 2104, B63B 100, B63H 1900
Patent
active
059793503
ABSTRACT:
The aerial performance characteristics of a performer using a water sport implement such as a wakeboard, and being towed by a vessel while maintaining stability of the vessel includes a first relatively rigid vertical support fitted to one side of the, a second relatively rigid vertical support fitted structure to an opposing side, and a horizontal bridging portion extending between upper extremities of the first and second vertically extending supports, at a height substantially above a level of the operator station for the vessel. A tow rope is attached to the horizontally extending bridging portion for towing the performer from the horizontally extending bridging portion while operating the vessel in a body of water. By pivotally attaching the first and second supports to the respective sides of the vessel, they can be rotated downwardly so that the vessel may pass underneath a bridge or into a boat house.
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Alan Jones, A Star is Born, Boating World, Sep. 1997, pp. 33-34.
Larson Borden M.
Snook William N.
Correct Craft, Inc.
Dayoan D. Glenn
Muldoon Patrick
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