Outrigger line lock positioning device
AssigneeRupp Marine, Inc.
InventorRonald Karpanty
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Abstract
Disclosed is a line positioning device for use with fishing vessel outriggers. The positioning device employs a housing having a pulley, a resilient bushing positioned next to the pulley, and a lever arm that is strategically positioned to engage a halyard line against the resilient bushing. A halyard line placed through the device is partially wrapped around the pulley where the line can freely move. Locking of the line requires the partial rotation of the lever arm which includes a tip end that presses the line against the resilient bushing. The lever arm includes a detent for engagement of a biased ball for use in holding the lever arm in either a locked or unlocked position.
Claims21
A line positioning device comprising:
- a housing having an inner chamber formed from two side walls;
- a pulley rotatably mounted to, and positioned between, said side walls within said inner chamber, said pulley constructed and arranged for centrally positioning a flexible line;
- a stationary bushing juxtapositioned to said pulley and mounted between said side walls within said inner chamber;
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- a lever arm having a tip end and an elongated shank, said lever arm includes a first detent and a second detent, said housing further includes a spring biased detent ball selectively received within the first detent and the second detent for maintaining said arm in an open or closed position,
- said lever arm being pivoted within said chamber wherein placement of said tip end between said pulley and said bushing permits movement of said flexible line and placement of said tip end to engage said flexible line against said stationary bushing maintains said flexible line in a fixed position.
An outrigger halyard line positioning device comprising:
- a housing having a mounting aperture and an inner chamber;
- a pulley rotatably mounted within said inner chamber, said pulley constructed and arranged for positioning of a flexible line;
- a bushing juxtapositioned to said pulley and within said inner chamber;
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- a lever arm rotatably mounted within said inner chamber having a tip end and an elongated shank, said lever arm includes a first detent and a second detent, said housing further includes a spring biased detent ball selectively received within the first detent and the second detent for maintaining said arm in an open or closed position,
- said lever arm being pivoted within said chamber wherein placement of said tip end between said pulley and said bushing permits movement of said flexible line and placement of said tip end to engage said flexible line against said bushing maintains said flexible line in a fixed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.