Patents Assigned to Richard Hendricks
  • Apparatus for furling sailboat jib
    Patent number: 4557213
    Abstract: Apparatus for furling a sailboat jib about a forestay with a cylindrical sleeve mounted about the forestay to which the jib is attached, a deck mounted rotary actuator for rotating the sleeve to furl the jib, a manually operated gear box, and a flexible shaft coupling the gear box to the actuator. The apparatus can be adapted to existing roller furlers by a split ring adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignees: James R. Longacre, Richard Hendricks
    Inventor: Charles Maier