IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0410049
(2003-04-09)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Goldstein Law Offices, P.C.
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
2 인용 특허 :
6 |
초록
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A towing assembly for use in towing personal watercrafts. The assembly has a yoke, a leading bar, and a pair of trailing bars, the bars being pivotally attachable to the yoke. The leading bar is selectively attached to an eye hook at the bow of the boat being towed and the trailing bars are selectiv
A towing assembly for use in towing personal watercrafts. The assembly has a yoke, a leading bar, and a pair of trailing bars, the bars being pivotally attachable to the yoke. The leading bar is selectively attached to an eye hook at the bow of the boat being towed and the trailing bars are selectively attached to eye hooks at the stern of the towing boat. The free end of each bar has an attachment mechanism for securing the bars to the respective boats. Each attachment mechanism is secured to the respective bar with a swivel joint, thereby allowing the attachment mechanism to move independent of the bars.
대표청구항
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1. A towing assembly for use with a towing boat to aid the towing boat in towing a stranded boat, the towing boat and the stranded boat each having a stern portion and a bow portion, the stern portion having a pair of eye hooks, and the bow portion having one central eye hook, comprising:a yoke, the
1. A towing assembly for use with a towing boat to aid the towing boat in towing a stranded boat, the towing boat and the stranded boat each having a stern portion and a bow portion, the stern portion having a pair of eye hooks, and the bow portion having one central eye hook, comprising:a yoke, the yoke having a top plate, a leading point, and a pair of trailing points, wherein the leading point is located between and forward of the trailing points on the top plate;a leading bar, the leading bar pivotally secured to and extending outward from the yoke leading point, said leading bar having an attached end secured to the yoke and a free end for selectively attaching to the stranded boat, the free end having an attachment means for securing the leading bar to the stranded boat; anda pair of trailing bars, the pair of trailing bars pivotally secured to and extending outward from the yoke trailing points, wherein the trailing bars are positioned in an opposite direction from the leading bar, said trailing bars each having an attached end secured to the yoke and a free end for selectively attaching to the towing boat, each free end having an attachment means for securing the trailing bars to the towing boat. 2. The towing assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein the bar free end attachment means are U-shaped clamps mateable with the boat eye hooks by extending a bolt through each of the U-shaped clamps and its respective eye hook. 3. The towing assembly as recited in claim 2, wherein each U-shaped clamp is secured to the respective bar with a swivel joint, thereby allowing the clamp to pivot transverse to the bar on which said clamp is attached. 4. The towing assembly as recited in claim 3, wherein each clamp has a pair of parallel prongs and a pair of prong holes which are axially aligned to allow a bolt to extend through one of the prong holes, through one of the eye hooks, and then through the other of the prong holes to attach said clamp to said eye hook. 5. The towing assembly as recited in claim 4, wherein the yoke further comprises a pair of stoppers, the stoppers being positioned on opposite sides of the leading bar near the leading point, said stoppers limiting the angular movement of the leading bar attached at the yoke leading point within an acute angular range. 6. The towing assembly as recited in claim 5, wherein the trailing bars are capable of pivoting substantially 180 degrees so that they extend parallel to the leading bar for compact storage of the towing assembly. 7. The towing assembly as recited in claim 6, wherein the leading bar further comprises two portions, namely a first portion and a second portion, wherein the two portions are mated together, the first portion being attached to the yoke leading point and substantially coplanar with the trailing bars, and the second portion being angled upward from the first portion. 8. A method of towing a stranded boat with a towing boat using a towing assembly, the stranded boat having a bow portion and a central eye hook positioned at said bow portion, the towing boat having a stern portion and a pair of eye hooks positioned at said stern portion, the towing assembly comprising, a yoke, a leading bar attached to the yoke, and two trailing bars attached to the yoke, each bar having an attachment means, comprising the steps of:positioning the towing assembly for attachment to the boats by extending the leading bar in an opposite direction from the trailing bars;securing the leading bar attachment means to the stranded boat bow portion eye hook;securing each of the trailing bar attachment means to the towing boat stern portion eye hooks; andtowing the stranded boat by pulling the stranded boat with the towing boat.
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