Water ski towline retriever

Claim 1

MEANS FOR CONNECTING A TOWLINE TO A BOAT HAVING A PROPELLER AT THE STERN THEREOF, WHEREBY THE TOWLINE MAY BE TRAILED FROM THE STERN, FREE FROM ENTANGLEMENT WITH THE PROPELLER, COMPRISING: A WINDING SPOOL MOUNTED INBOARD OF SAID BOAT, A TOWLINE TO BE WOUND THEREUPON SECURED AT ITS INNER END TO SAID SPOOL, GUIDE AND SUPPORT MEANS INCLUDING ACONSTRUCTED PORTION THROUGH WHICH THE TOWLINE PASSES, AN ENLARGED PORTION LOCATED ON THE TOWLINE BETWEEN SAID SPOOL AND SAID GUIDE AND SUPPORT MEANS, SAID ENLARGEMENT BEING OF SUCH SIZE AS WILL PREVENT ITS PASSAGE THROUGH THE GUIDE AND SUPPORT MEANS, SUSPENSION MEANS FLEXIBLY SECURED ADJACENT THE STERN OF THE BOAT, SECURING AND SUSPENDING THE GUIDE AND SUPPORT MEANS, SAID SUSPENSION MEANS ACTING, WHEN THE ENLARGEMENT ENGAGES THE GUIDE AND SUPPORT MEANS, TO TRANSMIT THE TOWING FUNCTION THROUGH THE SUPPORT MEANS AND THE SUSPENSION MEANS TO THE BOAT AND, WHEN TOWLINE IS SLACK, TO HOLD THE TOWLINE OUT OF ENTANGLEMENT WITH THE PROPELLER.