Gears for reversing rowing motion for oars
OwnerRandy Artrucinventor
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Abstract
The gears for reversing the rowing motion for oars is a gearing mechanism configured for use with an oar. The gears for reversing the rowing motion for oars reverses the pulling motion associated with the oar. This reversal of the pulling motion allows the oar to be used normally while the rower faces the bow of a boat. The gears for reversing the rowing motion for oars comprises a drive gear mechanism, a rotation gear mechanism a handle mechanism, an oar mechanism, and a gunwale mount. The drive gear mechanism transfers power from the handle mechanism to the oar mechanism. The gunwale mount attaches the gears for reversing the rowing motion for oars to the gunwale of a boat. The rotation gear mechanism raises and lowers the oar into the water.
Claims19
An inverting mechanism comprising:
- a drive gear mechanism, a handle mechanism, an oar mechanism, a gunwale mount, and a rotation gear mechanism;
- wherein the drive gear mechanism is a mechanism that transfers power from the handle mechanism to the oar mechanism;
- wherein the gunwale mount attaches the inverting mechanism to the gunwale of a boat;
- wherein the boat is a manually powered water vessel;
- wherein the inverting mechanism is a gearing mechanism configured for use with an oar;
- wherein the rotation gear mechanism raises and lowers the oar into the water;
- wherein the inverting mechanism reverses the pulling motion associated with the oar;
- wherein the drive gear mechanism is a mechanical device that transfers rotation energy from the handle mechanism to the oar mechanism for the purpose of driving the oar to propel the boat;
- wherein the drive gear mechanism comprises a first quarter spherical gear and a second quarter spherical gear;
- wherein the first quarter spherical gear of the drive gear mechanism and the second quarter spherical gear of the drive gear mechanism are meshed such that when the handle mechanism rotates the first quarter spherical gear in a given direction the second quarter spherical gear will rotate in the opposite direction;
- wherein the first quarter spherical gear is a gear that is formed upon a base shape of a quarter sphere;
- wherein the second quarter spherical gear is a gear that is formed upon a base shape of a quarter sphere.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.