Control system for kite including quick release
AssigneeAdventure Sports Inc.
InventorsJohn Bais, Lars Moltrup
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Abstract
A control system for a kite having a quick release loop assembly includes a retention mechanism configured to release one end of the loop upon sliding a handle from a covered disposition to an uncovered disposition. The quick release assembly also includes a mechanism to untwist a landing line tube from a static line automatically, and to automatically index a landing line.
Claims25
A quick release loop assembly comprising:
- a housing including a slide and a base;
- a retention mechanism disposed on said base and operatively configured to retain a retention member on at least one end of a loop;
- said slide operable between a covering disposition and an uncovered disposition;
- said slide configured to release said one end of said loop when in said uncovered disposition;
- wherein said slide is substantially uncoupled from forces transmitted through said loop.
A quick release loop assembly for a control bar, the quick release loop assembly comprising:
- at least a housing and a loop, said loop configured to releasably secure the control bar to a water sports harness;
- said housing configured to house a retention mechanism for releasably retaining said loop;
- said housing including a base and a slide;
- said loop including at least a first end having a retaining ring;
- said retention mechanism including at least one pawl pivotably attached to said housing, said pivot pawl being biased to rest against a ledge and to retain said retaining ring.
A water sports control system comprising:
- at least a control bar and a quick release loop assembly;
- said quick release loop assembly including a shaft configured to rotate within said quick release loop assembly, and a receptacle at one end of said shaft;
- at least a landing line tube and a static line extending from said receptacle.
A water sports control system comprising:
- a quick release assembly including a landing line tube running therethrough, said landing line tube terminating at a collar;
- a stopper configured to receive a landing line;
- said stopper and said collar cooperatively structured and configured to rotate as a single unit.
A trim cleat for a water sports control system comprising:
- a cup having a wedge-shaped inner surface configured to receive a landing line tube therein;
- a barbed insert configured to be inserted inside said landing line tube;
- said barbed insert being cooperatively structured and configured with said cup to wedge and releasably secure said landing line tube inside said cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.