US 5,938,492 AGranted

Reel for surfboard leash

OwnerAnthony J. Carliniinventor

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Abstract

An elongated flexible surfboard leash is secured at one end to a conventional plug attachment within a surfboard, windsurf board or the like. The remaining end and a portion of the surfboard leash is wound within a housing having a take-up reel driven by a take-up spring. The housing is secured to the surfer's ankle and a slight tension is maintained upon the surfboard leash as the surfer moves about. An ankle strap includes conventional hook and loop fabric attachment for securing the housing to the user's ankle. In an alternate embodiment, an attachment cooperating with the leash plug of the board is secured thereto and further supports the take-up reel. The outer end of the surfboard leash is secured to an ankle strap formed of a flexible strap having hook and loop fabric attachment pads cooperating to secure the surfboard leash to the user's ankle.

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Dependent claims

A leash reel for use in combination with a water sport board having a leash plug attachment, said leash reel comprising:

a housing having an interior cavity and leash aperture formed therein;
a take-up reel rotatably supported within said housing interior cavity;
a flexible leash having an interior end secured to said take-up reel, a portion wound upon said take-up real and an outer portion passing through said leash aperture and having an outer end coupled to the leash plug attachment of a water sport board;
a take-up spring coupled to said take-up reel urging said take-up reel toward rotation winding said leash upon said take-up reel to provide spring tension of said leash regardless of the user's position relative to said leash plug attachment;
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attachment means for securing said housing to the leg of a user such that said housing is secured against the user's leg and said leash extends from said housing to said leash plug attachment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.