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US 4,411,214 AGranted
Rowing scull
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKotaro Horiuchi
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Abstract
A rowing scull with a hull, a cockpit, and a deck fully peripherally interconnecting the cockpit and the hull. A frame extends beneath the cockpit, inside the hull, and is reinforcingly joined to the deck at each side of the cockpit. Outriggers for oarlocks are mounted to the deck. The oarlocks are adjustable as to position and angularity, the stretcher is adjustably mounted, and the rower's seat is uniquely mounted to rails in the cockpit.
Claims7
A rowing scull comprising:
- a hull member comprising a bottom, a sidewall and a continuous edge around said sidewall, a cockpit member having a sidewall and a bottom and a deck member, said deck member having an inner opening and an outer edge, its outer edge being fully sealingly engaged to said hull edge, and a said cockpit member being fully and sealingly connected to said deck member around its said opening;
- a rigid frame member reinforcingly attached to said deck member at both sides of said cockpit member and extending beneath said cockpit member between said cockpit member and said hull member, without attachment to either the cockpit member or to said hull member whereby said deck member comprises a main strength member for said scull reinforced by said frame member;
- and a pair of outriggers, each being attached to the top of said deck member at a respective side of said cockpit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.