Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
  • B63H8/00—Sail or rigging arrangements specially adapted for water sports boards, e.g. for windsurfing or kitesurfing
  • B63H8/70—Arrangements for handling, stowing or transport thereof
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
  • B63B32/00—Water sports boards; Accessories therefor
  • B63B32/80—Arrangements specially adapted for stowing or transporting water sports boards
  • B63B32/83—Arrangements specially adapted for stowing or transporting water sports boards for stowing, e.g. racks or straps

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a simple practical and rational carriage, intended to facilitate the transduction of a windsurf to the body of water where it must navigate.
• a first object of the invention is to provide a light, solid, stable, space-saving, dismountable and handy device.
• Another object of the invention is to provide a cart whose price is economical. Finally, this trolley must be able to roll on all terrains.
• the trolley in question essentially consists of a bent arm associated with two legs fitted with wheels.
• the upper end of the arm is intended to engage in the daggerboard well of the windsurfing board which rests on the free ends of the legs coupled to said arm.
• the other end of the arm is fitted with a metal loop which makes it possible to wedge an elastic link passed around the mast of the windsurf board which serves as a drawbar, said mast being attached under the arm and locked between the legs near one of its ends, while the windsurf board is renose by its front to three quarters of said mast.
• a characteristic of this trolley lies in the fact that the bent arm and the legs are removable and therefore associated by screws and wing nuts, while the wheels are also removable and held against stops by pins forming pins, passing through the ends of the legs.
• the loop fitted to the end of the arm and which makes it possible to fix the elastic link passed around the mast is constituted by a metal wire shaped so as to produce a vertical ring extending the arm and a hook horizontal so that by inserting the end of the elastic link there, it is stuck there, while the other end, threaded into the tube constituting the arm, is blocked by the link passed through the ring of the loop .
• Another characteristic of the invention resides in the fact that the free end of the arm intended to penetrate into the daggerboard well of the windsurfing board is flattened and covered with a protective sheath, while the free ends of the legs on which rest the edges of the well are also provided with protective caps.
• Another characteristic of the invention resides in the fact that two supports fixed on the external walls of the lateral uprights of the legs, provided with a protective sheath, make it possible to support an accessory of the windsurfing board, the "wishbone".
• the invention is set out below in more detail with the aid of drawings representing only one embodiment.
• Figure I shows the different disassembled elements constituting the carriage.
• Figure 2 is a perspective view of the mounted carriage.
• Figure 3 is a view identical to the previous one, showing the elastic link stuck in the loop of the bent arm.
• Figure 4 shows a windsurf board supported by a carriage according to the invention.
• the reference I designates the bent arm whose upper end 2 is flattened and coated with a protective plastic sheath.
• This arm is a tube, the end of the substantially horizontal part of which is equipped with a loop 3, constituted by a metal wire, one end of which is welded under the tube.
• This wire extends the bent arm, then bends to join the tube, thus forming a vertical ring ending in a horizontal hook 4 without solution of continuity, the fixing being ensured on the end of the tube I by another weld so that the hook is projecting sideways.
• two L-shaped legs 7 are fixed by screws 5 and wing nuts 6, so that when they are associated with said arm I, they move aside to leave enough passage between them.
• the two free ends of the legs 7 are each capped with a plastic tip 8.
• the other ends of the two legs 7 are bent horizontally and each have a welded washer 9 constituting a stop to a spoke wheel I0 with a plastic rim.
• a pin II forming a pin crosses the end of the leg 7 and retains the wheel I0.
• the legs 7 are tubes pierced with orifices for the passage of the assembly screws 5. As can be seen in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, when the arm I is associated with the legs 7, a triangular chassis has been produced, rigid and solid.
• the mast I2 by bearing against the legs 7 at the place where they deviate, is then securely moored to the carriage.

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• 1982
  • 1982-12-29 FR FR8222205A patent/FR2538774A1/fr active Granted
• 1983
  • 1983-12-28 DE DE8484900071T patent/DE3374541D1/de not_active Expired
  • 1983-12-28 WO PCT/FR1983/000265 patent/WO1984002503A1/fr not_active Ceased
  • 1983-12-28 EP EP84900071A patent/EP0131003B1/de not_active Expired

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