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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. 07, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
John G Hoyt, Newport, RI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
114 39 ; 114103 ; 244 / ;
Abstract
A sailing craft has a circular linked rotating structure mounted on a vertical support or mast and within the circular structure are a plurality of parallel thin foils. The entire circular structure may be rotated in two axes to achieve directional control of the sailing craft as well as to adjust the angle of the foils to the wind.