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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:
Jun. 11, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Reich, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
O'Brien International, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
441 68 ;
Abstract
A towable water sports apparatus such as a water ski is provided with a narrowed waist portion in the forward half of the ski, a concave tunnel in the bottom surface of the ski which terminates in a Y-shaped end adjacent the tail end of the ski, a flex-adjusting plate which is secured to the top surface of the ski, and a vibration dampening cell which is positioned in a recess in the core of the ski and which is covered by the cover of the ski.