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Water ski rope rewinder

  • US 3,919,963 A
  • Filed: 08/27/1974
  • Issued: 11/18/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for mounting a water ski tow rope on a boat having a longitudinal axis comprising a davit having an elongated substantially straight first portion and a second portion disposed out of the plane of said first portion, bracket means for swingably mounting the first portion of said davit on the boat along a generally vertical axis, a resilient member having one portion attached to the first portion of said davit and another portion attached to a fixed structure to urge the second portion of said davit toward a position outwardly of the boat and generally normal to the longitudinal axis thereof, first stop means carried by said bracket means, second stop means mounted on said davit and cooperating with said first stop means to permit limited swinging movement of said davit relative to said bracket means, and a water ski tow rope connected to the second portion of said davit, whereby a pulling force applied to said tow rope by a skier swings said second portion of the davit to a position substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the boat against the force exerted by said resilient member to reduce the jerk transmitted to the skier and said resilient member returns said second portion of the davit to an outwardly extending position when the tow rope is released by the skier.

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