Tactical dinghy compass
AssigneeJ. & K. Shephard Design Pty Limited
InventorKevin E. Shephard
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Abstract
A compass having a color coded compass card for enhanced reading of the compass. The compass card is divided into four quadrants each of which is further subdivided into equal sectors differently colored within each quadrant; the color sequence of the sectors within each quadrant is repeated in each quadrant. The color sequencing enables an efficient method of navigating a sailing dinghy around an olympic course.
Claims6
A compass comprising a moveable compass card, said compass card being marked into quadrant portions and having an annulus portion, each quadrant of the annulus being subdivided angularly into a plurality of equal sectors each colored differently from the other sectors in that quadrant said sectors forming a color sequence which is repeated in each quadrant of the annulus portion.
A compass card for use in a compass, said compass card being circular and marked into quadrant portions and having an annulus portion, each quadrant of the annulus being subdivided angularly into a plurality of equal sectors each colored differently from the other sectors in that quadrant, said sectors forming a color sequence which is repeated in each quadrant of the annulus portion.
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