Device for supporting and storing the mainsail of a sailboat on the boom thereof
OwnerMorris B. Sofeninventor
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Abstract
A device for supporting and storing the mainsail of a sailboat on the boom thereof comprising one or more support members composed of a resilient material having resilient clamp apparatus at a median portion thereof adapted to be mounted in clamping engagement with the boom, and flexible arms extending therefrom adapted to support the mainsail as it is lowered and being sufficiently flexible to be folded around the sail and having apparatus at its ends adapted to be affixed to each other, thereby securing the sail to the boom in folded condition.
Claims6
A device for supporting and storing the mainsail in folded condition on the boom of a sailboat, said device comprising a body portion having integral clamping means for affixing said device to said boom, said clamping means comprising an integral pair of converging jaws spaced-apart a distance smaller than the thickness of said boom and arranged to be spread apart when pressed onto said boom and to retract sufficiently around said boom when in position to securely affix said device to said boom, a pair of arms integral with and extending from said body portion, said arms being flexible upwardly and adapted to be wrapped around said folded sail, and fastening means at the ends of said arms for fastening the ends of said arms together and around said folded sail and securing said sail to said boom.
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