Claims
- 1. A roller furling apparatus for installation on a stay of a sailboat comprising a wire reinforced elongated plastic member having a longitudinally extending wire encased therein for torsional stability, said plastic member defining a longitudinally extending opening therethrough and dimensioned to fit loosely around a stay on which the apparatus is installed, a grooved luff foil extending along t he length of said member for receiving a luff edge of a sail, bearing means about which said member rotates and a furling drum for rotating said member about a stay for furling a sail.
- 2. A roller furling apparatus for installation on a stay of a sailboat in accordance with claim 1 in which said wire reinforced elongated plastic member is a single integral extrusion with a single wire therein.
- 3. A roller furling apparatus for installation on a stay of a sailboat in accordance with claim 2 in which said elongated plastic member has a generally oval cross section with forward and rear portions and with said longitudinally extending passageway disposed between said forward and rear portions, and in which said longitudinally extending wire is a braided cable which is generally parallel to said longitudinally extending passageway and disposed in said forward portion and in which said grooved luff foil is disposed in said rear portion.
- 4. A roller furling apparatus according to claim 3 which includes a two piece plastic base member with upper and lower portions and a hollow center dimensioned to fit around a turn buckle, said base member constructed and arranged to clamp said wire reinforced elongated member therein and with a pair of split flanges thereon in a lower portion thereof forming said furling drum.
Parent Case Info
This is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/926,680 which was filed on Sep. 10, 1997 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,899,163 issued May 4, 1999.
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