Aquatic tow rope with shock absorber

Claim 1

AN AQUATIC TOW ROPE COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE FILAMENT IN TWO SECTIONS, ONE SECTION BEING SECURED TO ONE END OF A PISTON ROD HAVING A PISTON AT THE OTHER END AND THE OTHER SECTION BEING INTERCONNECTED WITH A CYLINDER IN WHICH THE PISTON SLIDES, COIL COMPRESSION SPRING MEANS SURROUNDING THE PISTON ROD WITHIN THE CYLINDER AND ACTING BETWEEN THE CYLINDER AND THE PISTON CONTINUOUSLY YIELDABLY TO URGE THE PISTON ROD INTO THE CYLINDER, THE CYLINDER HAVING A ROD EXTENDING A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE AXIALLY THEREFROM IN ALIGNMENT WITH BUT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM THE PISTON ROD, SAID OTHER SECTION OF FLEXIBLE FILAMENT BEING SECURED TO SAID CYLINDER ROD, SAID PISTON ROD IN ITS FARTHEST POSITION WITHIN THE CYLINDER EXTENDING A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE OUTSIDE THE CYLINDER, AND A FLOAT ENCASING AND MOUNTED ON THE CYLINDER, THE FLOAT EXTENDING A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE BEYOND EACH END OF THE CYLINDER AND HAVING A ROUNDED EXTERIOR END AT EACH END THEREOF, THE FLOAT CLOSELY ENCOMPASSING BOTH SAID RODS FOR A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE BEYOND EACH END OF THE CYLINDER BUT BEING SPACE FROM AT LEAST THE PISTON ROD THEREBY TO PERMIT FREE MOVEMENT OF THE PISTON ROD WITHIN THE FLOAT, SAID SECTIONS OF THE FLEXIBLE FILAMENT BEING SECURED TO SAID RODS ENDWISE BEYOND THE FLOAT, THE FLOAT BEING IN TWO SEPARABLE SECTIONS, EACH SECTION DEFINING A PORTION OF EACH OF A PAIR OF PASSAGEWAYS THROUGH WHICH SAID RODS EXTEND, THE CYLINDER HAVING A CYLINDRICAL EXTERNAL CONTOUR INCLUDING A CIRCULAR END EDGE AT EACH END OF THE CYLINDER, THE FLOAT SECTIONS EACH HAVING A PAIR OF SEMICIRCULAR RECESSES THEREIN SPACED APART THE LENGTH OF THE CYLINDER SO THAT THE FLOAT SECTIONS ARE SUPPORTED ON THE CYLINDER BY CONTACT OF THE CYLINDER END EDGES IN THE SEMICIRCULAR FLOAT SECTION RECESSES, THE FLOAT SECTIONS BEING SPACED OUTWARDLY OF THE CYLINDER BETWEEN THE SEMICIRCULAR RECESSES.