AU2004240184A1

AU2004240184A1 - Method for fixing or removing surfboard fin, and surfboard fin

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Publication number: AU2004240184A1
Application number: AU2004240184A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Tadashi Suzuki
Original assignee: Goddess International Co Ltd
Current assignee: GODDESS INTERNATIONAL CO Ltd
Priority date: 2004-12-16
Filing date: 2004-12-16
Publication date: 2006-07-06

Description

P/00/011 Regulation 3.2

AUSTRALIA

Patents Act 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION FOR A STANDARD PATENT

ORIGINAL

TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT Name of Applicant: Actual Inventor: Address for Service: Invention Title: GODDESS INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.

Mr Tadashi Suzuki CALLINAN LAWRIE, 711 High Street, Kew, Victoria 3101, Australia METHOD FOR FIXING OR REMOVING SURFBOARD FIN, AND SURFBOARD FIN The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to us:- 16/12/04,eh14651 .cov,1 -2- METHOD FOR FIXING OR REMOVING

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SSURFBOARD FIN, AND SURFBOARD FIN

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1i. Field of the Invention 00 This invention relates to a method for fixing or removing CI a surfboard fin or the like, and to a surfboard fin.

2. Description of the Prior Art A surfboard fin is fixed when it is used, and removed when it is not used because if the fin is not removed when the fin is not'used, it produces an inconvenient state during transportation of the surfboard and the like. Although certain screws are used for its fixing or removing, a surfboard playing person feels much amount of inconvenience for this work. In addition, the fin for a long surfboard, a so-called long board is fixed or released in particular under application of bolts and washers.

[Patent Document 1] No specific prior art document [Non-patent Document 1] All the surfboard fins described in a surfing magazine and the like are fixed or removed through screws.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a method capable of manually and easily fixing a fin to or removing 16/12/04,eh 14651 .spc.2 a fin from a surfboard without using any screws, and to provide the fin.

IND This invention relates to a method for fixing or removing a surfboard fin or the like in which a box is adhered to a groove 00 formed at the surfboard with adhesive agent, the inside part of the box has a long groove at a front slight higher location, several L-shaped grooves are arranged at the rear side, the fin c-i is provided with one pin at a slight upper location of the front part of a base portion and further provided with another pin at a slight lower location of the rear part of the base portion, the front side pin is fitted to the long groove and the rear side pin is fitted to the L-shaped groove, and the fin can be manually fixed to or removed from the surfboard, and further this invention relates to a surfboard fin and the like in which a pin at an upper level is arranged at the front side of the base portion of the fin and a pin at a lower level is arranged at the rear side of it.

Since no screw is used for the method for fixing a fin to or removing the fin from a surfboard and the like, its labor for this work can be remarkably reduced. Further, three fins are fixed to one surfboard, so that the prior art method using screws up to now has been quite troublesome in operation.

However, the method of the present invention enables the fins to be manually and easily fixed or removed. Additionally, the fins are also simple in configuration and easily operated, and they are quite convenient.

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a side elevational view.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view.

00 Fig. 3 is a side elevational view for showing an L-shaped groove.

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Fig. 4 is a sectional view.

C( Fig. 5 is a side elevational view for showing a fin.

Fig. 6 is a side elevational view for showing the prior art.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A box 1 is provided, and a grooves 2 for adhesive agent are arranged at side surfaces of the box 1. The box is used such that a longitudinal groove is formed at the surfboard and the box is adhered to the groove. The groove 2 is used for making a superior contacted state of the adhesive agent. The inside part of the box has a guiding groove 3 at its central part in a longitudinal direction and there are provided a first flat surface part 4 and a second flat surface part 5 slightly lower than the first flat surface part.

The second flat surface part 5 has, in a backward direction, seven to several L-shaped grooves 6 extending in a downward direction and then advancing in a rearward direction.

No groove is formed at the front flat surface part 7.

However, the lower part of the first flat surface part 4 is formed 16/12/04.eh 14651 .spc,4 with a longitudinal groove 8.

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A front upper pin 9 and a rear lower pin 10 protrude at IND the base part of the fin A. The front upper pin 9 protrudes at a slight upper position of the front part 10 of the fin, and 00 the rear lower pin 10 protrudes at a slight rear lower position.

In its operation, when the pin of the fin A is set into the guiding groove 3 and the pin is moved in a forward or rearward C-i direction, the front upper pin 9 enters the longitudinal groove 8 at first, the rear lower pin 10 is fitted into the L-shaped groove, whereby both pins are fixed. The rear lower pin can be set in any of several L-shaped grooves 6.

The first flat surface part 4 has a wall 11, and a horizontal state keeping part 12 is attached to the wall 11.

This wall 11 is arranged so as to prevent the adhesive agent from entering the surfboard hole when the'box 1 is fixed in the surfboard hole, and is scraped off after the box is fixed in the hole. In addition, the horizontal state keeping part 12 keeps the same level as that of the surface of the surfboard when the box 1 is fixed in the hole, and has an L-shape, and its extremity end keeps a horizontal state while being in contact with the surface of the surfboard. This will be also cut off afterwards.

All the portions above a line C are cut off and so the surface of the surfboard becomes horizontal and smooth after completion.

The fin is also unique, has a simple configuration, uses 16/12/04,eh1465 only two pins standing on different levels, so that the fin can be easily used.

Reference numeral 13 in Fig. 3 denotes the prior art screw, reference numeral 14 denotes a washer, and reference numeral 00 15 denotes a pin.

The fin which has been fixed to or removed from the surfboard through application of a screw and a washer can be manually fixed to or removed from the surfboard in an easy manner and so its applicability is widely set on a global base.

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Claims

1. A method for fixing or removing a surfboard fin or the like, in which a box is adhered to a groove formed at the surfboard 00 with adhesive agent, the inside part of the box has a long groove at a front slight higher location, several L-shaped grooves are (N arranged at the rear side, the fin is provided with one pin at a slight upper location of the front part of a base portion and further provided with another pin at a slight lower location of the rear part of the base portion, the front side pin is fitted to the long groove and the rear side pin is fitted to the L-shaped groove, and the fin can be manually fixed to or removed from the surfboard.

2. A surfboard fin and the like, in which a pin at an upper level is arranged at the front side of the base portion of the fin, and a pin at a lower level is arranged at the rear side of the base portion. Dated this 16 t h day of December, 2004 GODDESS INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. By Their Patent Attorneys CALLINAN LAWRIE 16/12/04,ch 1465 I.spc,7