Water ski rope reel

• US 3,100,606 A
• Filed: 01/05/1961
• Issued: 08/13/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Clifton L. Nicholson
• Original Assignee: Clifton L. Nicholson
• Inventors: Nicholson, Clifton L.
• Application Number:
  US04/080,945
• Time in Patent Office: 950 Days
• US Class Current: 242/388.8
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 34/67 Connection means on the towing watercraft, e.g. pylons, side poles or winches
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/35 Ropes, lines
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/425 attached to, or forming part of a vehicle, e.g. truck, trailer, vessel
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/4484 Electronic arrangements or adaptations for controlling the winding or unwinding process, e.g. with sensors
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/4486 Electric motors
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 242/904 Water ski reel

Claims

3. A WATER SKIING ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A BASE, A PLURALITY OF REEL MOUNTING ELEMENTS MOUNTED ON SAID BASE, A PLURALITY OF REELS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID REEL MOUNTING ELEMENTS, DRIVE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID BASE FOR ROTATING SAID REELS, MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY CONNECTING ANY NUMBER OF SAID REELS TO SAID DRIVE MEANS, A ROPE CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID REELS, SAID SELECTIVE CONNECTING MEANS PROVIDING ROTATION OF PARTICULAR REELS SO SAID ROPES MAY BE UNWOUND TO UNEQUAL LENGTHS THEREBY PROVIDING MEANS FOR ACCOMPLISHING CRISS-CROSS WATER SKIING, AN ENLARGED MEMBER SECURED TO EACH ROPE ADJACENT ITS DISTAL END, AND MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DISCONNECTING SAID SELEC-