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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth M Stiles, San Dimas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sea-Log Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
114243 ;
Abstract
There is provided a reusable flexible fairing for securing to anchoring cables to reduce cable drag which consists of two wedge shaped interlocking body members interconnected by a flexible web providing a contoured inner surface which in combination with contoured end walls of the body members embrace the cable to be faired and provide a streamline cross-sectional profile for minimizing drag. There is also provided a system for adding and removing the fairing from a cable.