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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2005
Applicant:
John Welch, Orem, UT (US);
Inventor:
John Welch, Orem, UT (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/56 (2006.01); B63B 21/16 (2006.01); B63B 35/85 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device used when towing a user with a watercraft includes a tow-rope and a tow-rope retraction device receiving the tow-rope. The tow-rope retraction device is configured to selectively retract the tow-rope so as to accelerate a user being towed by the watercraft on the tow-rope. A method of towing a user with a watercraft includes selectively retracting a tow-rope while towing the user to accelerate the user.