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US3304898A
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Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-03-30
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Granted: 1967-02-21
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Expires: 1984-03-30
Abstract
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Inventors
- 👤 Joseph D Sainte-Claire
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-03 17:31
CPC Classifications
B; B63; B63H; B63H9/00; B63H9/04; B63H9/08; B63H9/10; B63H9/1021; B63H9/1042; B63B; B63B43/00; B63B43/02; B63B43/04; B63B43/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
157 words
A SAILING VESSEL PROVIDED WITH VARIOUS ROPE AND WIRE RIGGING TO SUPPORT A MAIN MAST MEANS AND THE LIKE, THE RIGGING EXTENDING FROM THE PORT AND STARBOARD SIDES OF THE VESSEL TO A TOP PORITON OF A MAIN MAST, A SUBSTANTIALLY UPRIGHT MAIN MAST SUPPORTED BY THE VESSEL, AN AUXILIARY MAST IN COMBINATION WITH THE MAIN MAST AND MATERIALLY SPACED THEREFROM AND CONTINUOUSLY IN SUBSTANTIAL ALINEMENT THEREWITH, MEANS FOR SHIFTING THE AUXILIARY MAST ABOUT THE MAIN MAST TO VARIOUS RADIAL DEGREES IN A PLANE AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO THE MAIN MAST, A BOOM MEANS EXTENDING FROM AND ATTACHED TO A LOWER PORTION OF THE AUXILIARY MAST AND EXTENDING IN ALINEMENT ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE AUXILIARY MAST AND WHICH IS ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED TO THE LOWER PORTION OF A SAIL MEANS, SO THAT WHEN THE AUXILIARY MAST IS SHIFTED AROUND THE MAIN MAST, THE BOOM MEANS CLEARS ALL SAID RIGGING AT AN OUTER SIDE THEREOF.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
157 words
A SAILING VESSEL PROVIDED WITH VARIOUS ROPE AND WIRE RIGGING TO SUPPORT A MAIN MAST MEANS AND THE LIKE, THE RIGGING EXTENDING FROM THE PORT AND STARBOARD SIDES OF THE VESSEL TO A TOP PORITON OF A MAIN MAST, A SUBSTANTIALLY UPRIGHT MAIN MAST SUPPORTED BY THE VESSEL, AN AUXILIARY MAST IN COMBINATION WITH THE MAIN MAST AND MATERIALLY SPACED THEREFROM AND CONTINUOUSLY IN SUBSTANTIAL ALINEMENT THEREWITH, MEANS FOR SHIFTING THE AUXILIARY MAST ABOUT THE MAIN MAST TO VARIOUS RADIAL DEGREES IN A PLANE AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO THE MAIN MAST, A BOOM MEANS EXTENDING FROM AND ATTACHED TO A LOWER PORTION OF THE AUXILIARY MAST AND EXTENDING IN ALINEMENT ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE AUXILIARY MAST AND WHICH IS ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED TO THE LOWER PORTION OF A SAIL MEANS, SO THAT WHEN THE AUXILIARY MAST IS SHIFTED AROUND THE MAIN MAST, THE BOOM MEANS CLEARS ALL SAID RIGGING AT AN OUTER SIDE THEREOF.
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