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US 4,061,102 AGranted
Roll stabilizer for boats
OwnerThomas B. Bissettinventor
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Abstract
A stabilizer device for minimizing the roll of a boat including two plates connected by a hinge and a plurality of bridles attached to the plates so that when the stabilizer is pulled up through the water by the bridles the plates open about the hinge to resist upward motion and when the stabilizer is released the plates close together about the hinge to permit the stabilizer to fall rapidly.
Claims3
A stabilizer device for minimizing the roll of a boat including
- two plates connected by a hinge,
- a plurality of bridles attached to the plates and with the bridle supporting the stabilizer in the water so that when the stabilizer is pulled up through the water by the bridles the plates open about the hinge to resist upward motion and when the stabilizer is released the plates close together about the hinge to permit the stabilizer to fall rapidly, and
- a spring attached between the plates normally pulling the plates toward the closed position to increase the speed of closing of the plates to increase the speed of fall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.