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US 5,630,739 AGranted
Forward-facing rowing
OwnerPeter C. Meleinventor
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Abstract
An oar mounting system for forward-facing rowing in which an arm or pulley strut is hinged to a support or gunwale frame, with an end of the arm extending from the frame and rotationally mounting an auxiliary or inner oar frame to which an oar loom is attached and the auxiliary frame is tensioned with respect to the arm. The tensioning is by a cable that extends from a terminal post on the auxiliary frame around a pulley at the end of the arm and around a further pulley hinged to the support frame.
Claims20
An oar mounting system for forward-facing rowing comprising
- a support or gunwale frame;
- an arm or pulley strut hinged to said support frame and having an end extending from said frame;
- an auxiliary or inner oar frame rotationally mounted on said end;
- an oar loom attached to said auxiliary frame;
- and
- means for tensioning said auxiliary frame with respect to said arm.
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A method of forward-facing rowing comprising the steps of:
- (a) hinging, to a support frame, a pulley having an extension arm;
- (b) rotationally mounting an auxiliary frame on said extension arm;
- (c) attaching an oar loom to said auxiliary frame;
- and
- (d) tensioning said auxiliary frame with respect to said arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.