Paddle holder for a watersport article and method
AssigneeJohn William Smalley
InventorJohn William Smalley
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Abstract
A paddle holder is provided for a watersport article. The paddle holder includes a clothing element, an anchor, and a lanyard. The clothing element is configured to be integrated into a watersport article along a lateral location of a user elevationally between a supra-patellar region and an abdominal region. The anchor is affixed to the clothing element. The lanyard has a retention device and an adapter. The adapter is configured to affix to the anchor on the clothing element. The retention device is configured to mate and demate with a handle of a paddle to retain the paddle to the clothing element. A method is also provided for retaining a paddle with a watersport article.
Claims30
A watersport clothing article and paddle holder, comprising:
- a clothing element provided on a lateral location of a user elevationally between an illiac crest region and a hip joint region;
- an anchor provided on the clothing element;
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- a lanyard having a loop, a fastening, and a tactile stiffening member having a local stiffening segment affixed along the segment of the loop opposite the fastening, having a coefficient of friction higher than a coefficient of friction of the loop and configured and arranged to provide a tactile engagement surface for a user enlarging the loop and a grip for retaining a received paddle, the tactile stiffening member extending along a portion of the loop configured to impart an open aperture to the loop, the loop adjustably sized to be enlarged to receive an enlarged head of a paddle and ensmalled after being received over the head of the paddle to entrap the paddle within the loop, and the fastening secured to the anchor.
A paddle holder capable of being affixed to an anchor on a clothing element of a watersport article, comprising:
- a lanyard having a retention device and an adapter, the adapter configured to affix to the anchor on the clothing element and the retention device comprising an elastic cord and a tactile stiffening member a segment of rubber-like material affixed to the elastic cord having a coefficient of friction greater than the elastic cord, the tactile stiffening member communicating with the cord and configured to impart an open aperture to the cord, and configured to mate and demate with a handle of a paddle to retain the paddle to the clothing element.
A paddle holder capable of being affixed to an anchor on a clothing element of a watersport article, comprising:
- a lanyard having a retention device and an adapter, the adapter configured to affix to the anchor on the clothing element and the retention device comprising an elastic cord and a tactile stiffening member communicating with the elastic cord, the tactile stiffening member having a coefficient of friction greater than a coefficient of friction for the elastic cord and configured to impart an open aperture to the cord and mate and demate with a handle of a paddle to retain the paddle to the clothing element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.