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US3304899A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Reversible sailing vessel

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-10-22
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Granted: 1967-02-21
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Expires: 1985-10-22
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Weatherly Goodhue

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 03:27
CPC Classifications
B; B63; B63H; B63H9/00; B63H9/04; B63H9/06; B63B; B63B1/00; B63B1/02; B63B1/10; B63B2001/102; B63B15/00; B63B2015/0016; B63B2015/0025

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 177 words
A REVERSIBLE SAILING CRAFT COMPRISING A HULL HAVING ITS OPPOSED ENDS SHAPED FOR EASY ENCOUNTER WITH THE WATER SO THAT A GIVEN END THEREOF MAY SERVE AS THE BOW WHEN THE HULL TRAVELS IN A GIVEN DIRECTION AND SO THAT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF MAY SERVE AS THE BOW WHEN THE HULL TRAVELS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, MEANS FOR MOUNTING A SAIL ON SID HULL, SAID SAIL BEING MAINTAINED TO ONE SIDE OF THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID HULL, SAID SAIL HAVING A LEADING EDGE, SAID SAIL FURTHER BEING MOUNTED ON SAIL REVERSING MEANS, SAID LEADING EDGE BEING LOCATED GENERALLY AT SAID GIVEN END OF SAID CRAFT FOR TRAVEL IN SAID GIVEN DIRECTION AND BEING LOCATED GENERALLY AT SAID OPPOSITE END OF SAID CRAFT FOR TRAVEL IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION, MEANS FOR HOLDING THE REAR END OF SAID SAIL, A RUDDER LOCATED AT ONE END OF SAID HULL, SAID RUDDER HAVING A FIRST POSITION FOR TRAVEL OF SAID CRAFT IN SAID GIVEN DIRECTION AND A REVERSED SECOND POSITION FOR TRAVEL OF SAID CRAFT IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION,
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 177 words
A REVERSIBLE SAILING CRAFT COMPRISING A HULL HAVING ITS OPPOSED ENDS SHAPED FOR EASY ENCOUNTER WITH THE WATER SO THAT A GIVEN END THEREOF MAY SERVE AS THE BOW WHEN THE HULL TRAVELS IN A GIVEN DIRECTION AND SO THAT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF MAY SERVE AS THE BOW WHEN THE HULL TRAVELS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, MEANS FOR MOUNTING A SAIL ON SID HULL, SAID SAIL BEING MAINTAINED TO ONE SIDE OF THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID HULL, SAID SAIL HAVING A LEADING EDGE, SAID SAIL FURTHER BEING MOUNTED ON SAIL REVERSING MEANS, SAID LEADING EDGE BEING LOCATED GENERALLY AT SAID GIVEN END OF SAID CRAFT FOR TRAVEL IN SAID GIVEN DIRECTION AND BEING LOCATED GENERALLY AT SAID OPPOSITE END OF SAID CRAFT FOR TRAVEL IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION, MEANS FOR HOLDING THE REAR END OF SAID SAIL, A RUDDER LOCATED AT ONE END OF SAID HULL, SAID RUDDER HAVING A FIRST POSITION FOR TRAVEL OF SAID CRAFT IN SAID GIVEN DIRECTION AND A REVERSED SECOND POSITION FOR TRAVEL OF SAID CRAFT IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION,

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-02-20 1970-08-22 1971-02-21 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-02-20 1978-08-22 1979-02-21 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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