Oar carrier
OwnerTimothy M. Reed, Timothy S. Reedinventors
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Abstract
Oar carriers and methods of carrying oars, for example, rowing blades or sculls used by competitive rowing crews. The oar carriers include a panel, through holes in the panel sized to receive a shaft of an oar, and slots in a peripheral surface of the panel providing open access to the through holes to allow transfer of the shaft to the through hole. The slots may have a minimum width less than the diameter of the shaft of an oar, where the slot is made of a resilient material adapted to deflect and allow the diameter of the shaft to transfer to the through hole. One or more handles may be provided to the carrier. Methods of using the oar carrier and arrangements of oars and oar carriers are also disclosed.
Claims19
An oar carrier and at least one oar comprising:
- a panel;
- at least one through hole in the panel, the at least one through hole sized to receive a shaft of the at least one oar;
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- at least one slot in a peripheral surface of the panel, the at least one slot providing open access to the at least one through hole and the at least one slot having a minimum width less than a diameter of the shaft of the at least one oar and adapted to receive the shaft of the at least one oar and allow transfer of the shaft to the through hole.
An oar carrier and at least one oar comprising:
- a panel at least partially comprising a resilient material;
- a plurality of through holes in the panel, each of the plurality of through holes sized to receive a shaft of the at least one oar;
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- a plurality of slots in a peripheral surface of the panel, each of the plurality of slots providing open access through a minimum width of each of the plurality of slots less than a diameter of the shaft of the at least one oar, wherein a portion of the panel having the minimum width of each of the plurality of slots comprises the resilient material adapted to deflect and allow passage of the shaft of the at least one oar to one of the plurality of through holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.