FR2514721A1 - Grip for wind surfer - consists of harness with hooks and straps to engage steering boom - Google Patents

Abstract

The fixing is designed to reduce physical effort by wind surfers or water skiers. It has a harness with hooks (5) under the hands and two straps (8,10), to which the hooks are fixed. The hooks, in turn, are fixed on straps (6) around the back. The hooks are curved to allow their fixing to a bar. They have a trough for the strap and a part (13) to hold the belt at their ends. The belt (8), locked at the top of the hook (12), matches the hook inner shape. An elastic ring (10) is hand held.

Description

 The present invention relates to a device for reducing the muscular efforts provided during the practice of sports such as windsurfing, windsurfing or windsurfing.

 The common point of these sports is the holding and the handling with two hands, in standing position, of a bar or a tube. This tube, in the case of windsurfing is the wishbone, and is located almost at shoulder height.

 The present invention relates to a device for attaching to this bar, reflecting the muscular fatigue of the practitioners.

A very well-known system of harnesses constituted by a hook fixed on the chest and hung on a cable maintained at its two ends on the wishbone, limits muscle fatigue but has many drawbacks, the most important of which are the following: a certain danger when falling either on the sail and the rigging or under the sail which can lead in the first case to injuries and in the second a risk of drowning; accidental stall and hanging obviously making its use difficult and reserved for trained athletes; sling effect crushing the rib cage
Another harness of this type consisting of attachment systems attached to gloves, the assembly being connected to a harness, also has some drawbacks, in particular the obligation to use gloves when the harness is put on by the user. , hampering his freedom of action and the continued occupation of the hand for certain maneuvers such as the adjustment of the sail or the knotting of certain ropes.

 The device according to the present invention makes it possible to remedy all these drawbacks. It has in fact two hooks connected to a harness placed under the hand of optional use and whose unhooking presents no difficulty.

 The invention will be better understood with the aid of the appended figures in which.

- Figure 7 shows a fitted windsurfing board - Figure 2 shows the classic position of the user equipped with the device according to the invention.

- Figure 3 shows the position of a skier on the water.

- Figure 4 is an overview of harness according to the present invention - Figure 5 shows one of the hooks according to the invention - Figure 6 shows the hook according to the invention in the use position.

- Figure 7 shows the position of the hand and the hook when lifting it
As can be seen in Figures 2 and 3, the user holds a bar 2 called for windsurfing and windsurfing, a wishbone. This bar gives the desired orientation to the sail 7
Similarly, in FIG. 3, we can see for water skiing, a skier holding a bar 2 connected to a cable 7.

 As can be seen in FIG. 4, the device comprises two hooks 5 fixed by straps 6, running along the arms in the position of use. The straps 6 are connected to a harness made up of straps -? or pieces of canvas to be worn: by the user.

 FIG. 5 shows the hook 5 having a curved part in the form of a gutter and a straight part at the location of the attachment of the straps. This hook 5 is held in the hand of the user by a bracelet 10 which must be made of elastic material and a strap 8 conforming to the shapes of the hook below and above it. The strap 8 at its starting point is fixed to the hook 5 at the start of the curve of the latter 12, it runs along and follows the shape of the top of the hook 5 it is held by tightening at its end 13, passes below the hook 5 , goes back above the hook 5 by a rectangular orifice 9 and forms a bracelet intended for the wrist of the user t1 together constituted by the strap 6, the strap 10, and the strap 8, therefore keeps the hook 5 in line at hand .

 Figures 6 and 7 illustrate the operation of the device according to the invention. the hook 5 is supported on the wishbone 2, the strap 8 being taken between the hook 5 and the wishbone ~ 2. In use, the hand covers the hook 5.

 If, in full traction on the hooks 5, the user wants to release the hooking device, it is sufficient for him, while opening his hands to pull on the straps 8. This maneuver will have the effect of tightening the strap 8 under the hook 5 which is then raised above the wishbone 2.

 The device according to the invention allows the use of such a harness for water skiing, windsurfing, windsurfing, or any similar sport and for both an experienced practitioner and a beginner.

Claims (4)

 1) Hanging device intended to reduce the physical efforts of windsurfing, windsurfing and water skiing, characterized in that it comprises a plain harness of hooks 5 located under the hands and two straps 8 and 10, to which the hooks 5 are attached, which are connected to straps 6 passing behind the user's back  2) Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the hooks 5 having a sufficiently curved part to allow attachment to the bar 2 ± a gutter fore for the passage of the strap 8, and a device 13 for holding the strap 8 at their ends  3) Device according to claims 1 and 2 characterized in that the hook 5 is held in the hand of the user by an elastic strap 10 connected to said hook  4) Device according to claims 1, 2, t 3 characterized in that a strap 8 serée on the upper part 12 of the hook 5, marries the interior and exterior shapes of said hook 5, passes through a rectangular orifice 9 to take a once out of the orifice 9 a form of bracelet comes to surround the wrist of the user.