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US 3,987,746 AGranted
Parasail launching and retrieving apparatus
AssigneeSun Sports Corporation of America
InventorMark McCulloh
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AssigneeSun Sports Corporation of America
InventorMark McCulloh
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Parasail launching and retrieving apparatus adapted to be mounted on a vehicle such as a boat having a tower for supporting a rotatable and pivoted main boom and outrigger boom. The outrigger boom supports the parachute when not in flight and the main boom has a line extending along its full length, one end being connected to a powered winch and the other end having a harness for supporting a person desiring to engage in the sport of parasailing. Upon the person being connected to the harness and the boat moving forwardly at a sufficient speed to permit the billowing of the parachute, the line is payed out and the parachute becomes airborne carrying the parasailor. When it is time to retrieve the parachute the winch is energized to reel in the line as the boat speed is progressively decreased until the parachute is in close proximity to the boat. Then the outrigger boom is extended to engage the canopy of the parachute while the person is deposited in the boat and he is then unhooked from the harness.
A parasail launching and retrieving apparatus comprising support means, a main boom secured at one end to said support means, an outrigger boom mounted adjacent said main boom, said outrigger boom having an extensible member for movement of one end of said outrigger boom beyond the other end of said main boom, a line extending along said main boom, means connected at one end of said line for drawing said line along said boom and parasail securing means mounted at the other end of said line and parasail engaging means for supporting said parasail mounted on said one end of said extensible member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.