Sheet cleat

Claim 1

IN A SAILBOAT OF THE TYPE THAT INCLUDES A MAST, A JIB, A MAIN SAIL, A BOOM, AND A MAIN SHEET, THE IMPROVEMENT CONSISTING IN PROVIDING A SHEET CLEAT WHICH COMPRISES A PAIR OF L-SHAPED BRACKETS SECURED TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID BOOM INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, SAID BRACKETS EACH INCLUDING A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED SECTION AND A DEPENDING VERTICALLY DISPOSED SECTION, A ROD SUPPORTED BY THE VERTICALLY DISPOSED SECTIONS OF SAID BRACKET, A SUPPORT MEMBER INCLUDING AN UPWARDLY DISPOSED ENLARGED TOP PORTION INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE VERTICALLY DISPOSED SECTIONS OF SAID BRACKETS AND MOUNTED ON SAID ROD, A VERTICALLY DISPOSED WALL PORTION DEPENDING FROM SAID TOP PORTION, A PULLEY JOURNALED ON SAID WALL PORTION AND SAID PULLEY HAVING AN ANNULAR GROOVE IN THE OUTER PERIPHERY THEREOF FOR ENGAGING SAID MAIN SHEET, A LEVER INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED PARALLEL GENERALLY TRIANGULAR PLATES PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID WALL PORTION, A PAIR OF SPACED APART PINS EXTENDING BETWEEN THE LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID PLATES, AND A PORTION OF SAID MAIN SHEET PROJECTING BETWEEN SAID PLATES AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID LAST NAMED PINS, A WEDGE MOVABLY MOUNTED CONTIGUOUS TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE TOP PORTION OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, AND SAID WEDGE INCLUDING A TAPERED PORTION HAVING TEETH ON THE LOWER SURFACE THEREOF FOR SELECTIVELY ENGAGING THE PORTION OF THE MAIN SHEET THAT IS ENGAGING THE GROOVE OF THE PULLEY, THERE BEING A SLOT IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE WEDGE, A STUD CONNECTED TO THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID PLATES AND SAID STUD ENGAGING THE SLOT IN SAID WEDGE, A HOLDING ELEMENT CONNECTED TO THE WALL PORTION OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, AND A SPRING MEMBER HAVING A PORTION THEREOF AFFIXED TO SAID WEDGE AND SAID SPRING MEMBER INCLUDING A SECTION HAVING AN OFFSET PORTION DEFINING A SHOULDER FOR SELECTIVELY ENGAGING SAID HOLDING ELEMENT.