Mast foot mounting system for a sailboard

US4528926A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Peter Brockhaus GmbH & Co., Handels KG · DE

Inventors

• Peter Brockhaus · Medford, US
• Roland Jungkind · Garmisch-Partenkirchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 10, 1983
• Grant date: Jul 16, 1985
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 2003

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B63H8/24
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The mast foot mounting system for a sailboard in accordance with the invention comprises a slide track and a sliding shoe supported for displacement in the slide track and carrying the mast foot and adapted to be locked firmly in a plurality of positions along the slide track. An actuator always remaining in a fixed position is disposed at the sternward end of the slide track for release of the lock. The narrow sliding shoe is provided in front of the mast foot pin with a safety fastener which permits adjustment of the overload at which the mast foot pin is set free by the safety fastener.