Telescoping outrigger boom with tube locking mechanisms
AssigneeTaco Metals, Inc.
InventorStephen O. Slatter
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Abstract
An outrigger assembly for a fishing vessel to extend fishing lines away from the vessel, including a telescopic boom having a plurality of aligned ‘D’ tubes of consecutively smaller diameters that can be individually locked in place when extended and having the smaller tubes telescopically mounted inside larger tubes for storage, first embodiment provides a manually operable locking mechanism using an external shift bullet to lock the tubes in place, and second embodiment combines the locking means of the first embodiment with a cam lever operated eyelet locking system, the eyelets provide support for a fishing rigging, both embodiments protect the locking mechanism from elements found in the environment.
Claims14
A telescoping tube assembly comprising:
- a plurality of tubes including a first tube and a second tube being slideably disposed in said first tube;
- said first and second tubes having a cross-sectional shape for preventing rotational movement between said first tube and said second tube;
- a second tube block disposed in and securely fixed to said second tube, said second tube block having a hole formed therein;
- a first tube ring fixedly disposed on an end of said first tube, said first tube ring having a hole formed in a circumference thereof, a stop face, and a pivot having a pivot axis;
- a cam lever having a cam surface disposed on said first tube ring and being pivotable about said pivot axis;
- a locking bullet disposed in said hole of said first tube ring and interacting with said cam surface for engaging said hole of said second tube block in a locked position of said cam lever.
A telescoping tube assembly comprising:
- a plurality of tubes including a first tube and a second tube being slideably disposed in said first tube;
- said first and second tubes having a cross-sectional shape for preventing rotational movement between said first tube and said second tube;
- a second tube block disposed in said second tube, said second tube block having a hole formed therein;
- a first tube ring fixedly disposed on an end of said first tube, said first tube ring having a hole formed in a circumference thereof;
- a locking bullet disposed in said hole of said first tube ring and interacting with said cam surface for engaging said hole of said second tube block in a locked position of said first tube and said second tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.