Ball bearing oar lock device

An oar lock device, comprising:

• (a) a socket member having a bracket portion and a socket portion, said bracket portion including a bracket having a shape to fit on a boat, and further including an adjustable fastening mechanism for securing said bracket to said boat, said fastening mechanism comprising at least one externally threaded fastener and at least one internally threaded portion through which said threaded fastener is screwed, said socket portion having a cylindrical shape with a top, a bottom, and a passage extending from said top to said bottom, said socket further having a first bearing pressed into said top and a second bearing pressed into said bottom;
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• (b) an oar clamp member having a shaft, a shoulder portion, a first oar bracket, and an opposing second oar bracket, said shaft being connected to said shoulder portion and being rotatable within said socket portion of said socket member, said shoulder having a generally cylindrical shape with a first side, a second side, and a passage from said first side to said second side, said shoulder further comprising a third bearing pressed into said first side and a fourth bearing pressed into said second side, said shoulder portion further comprising a central shaft extending from said first end through said passage to said second end, each of said first oar bracket and said second oar bracket having a distal end and a proximal end, said proximal end of said first oar bracket being attached to said shaft at said first end of said shoulder, said proximal end of said second oar bracket being attached to said shaft at said second end of said shoulder, said first oar bracket and said second oar bracket being rotatable about said shoulder portion, and said distal end of said first oar bracket and said distal end of said second oar bracket being tightened together to secure an oar shaft between said proximal ends and said distal ends of said oar brackets.

A portable, efficient, smooth, quiet, durable, corrosion-resistant, precision, ball bearing oar lock device, comprising:

• (a) a socket member having a bracket portion and a socket portion, said bracket portion including a bracket having a shape to fit on a boat, and further including two fastening apertures and an adjustable fastening mechanism for securing said bracket to said boat, said fastening mechanism comprising two externally threaded fasteners and two internally threaded nuts, each of said nuts being mounted to said bracket over one of said fastening apertures, said socket portion having a cylindrical shape with a top, a bottom, and a passage extending from said top to said bottom, said socket further having a first neoprene sealed bearing pressed into said top and a second neoprene sealed bearing pressed into said bottom;
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• (b) an oar clamp member having a shaft, a shoulder portion, a first oar bracket, and an opposing second oar bracket, said shaft being connected to said shoulder portion and being rotatable within said socket portion of said socket member, said shoulder having a generally cylindrical shape with a first end, a second end, and a passage from said first end to said second end, said shoulder further comprising a third neoprene sealed bearing pressed into said first end and a fourth neoprene sealed bearing pressed into said second end, said shoulder portion further comprising a central shaft extending from said first end through said passage to said open second end, each of said first oar bracket and said second oar bracket having a distal end and a proximal end, said proximal end of said first oar bracket being attached to said central shaft at said first end of said shoulder, said proximal end of said second oar bracket being attached to said central shaft at said second end of said shoulder, said first oar bracket and said second oar bracket being rotatable about said shoulder portion, said central shaft being a threaded fastener and nut, and said distal end of said first oar bracket and said distal end of said second oar bracket being tightened together using a threaded fastener and a nut to secure an oar shaft between said proximal ends and said distal ends of said oar brackets.