Patents Assigned to Hall Spars, Inc.
  • Flexible joint for solid carbon rigging
    Patent number: 9120538
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a sailboat includes a mast, and a spreader extending from the mast. The sailboat also includes a vertically extending stay spaced from the mast, and a diagonally extending stay coupled to the vertically extending stay and to the mast. The spreader engages the diagonally extending stay at a position above where the diagonally extending stay couples to the vertically extending stay. According to another embodiment, a rigging assembly includes a spreader configured to extend from a mast, a vertically extending stay, and a diagonally extending stay coupled to the vertically extending stay and configured to extend to the mast. The spreader engages the diagonally extending stay at a position above where the diagonally extending stay couples to the vertically extending stay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: HALL SPARS, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Levesque, Eric Hall, Thomas Derecktor, Steven J. Winckler
  • FLEXIBLE JOINT FOR SOLID CARBON RIGGING
    Publication number: 20130255558
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a sailboat includes a mast, and a spreader extending from the mast. The sailboat also includes a vertically extending stay spaced from the mast, and a diagonally extending stay coupled to the vertically extending stay and to the mast. The spreader engages the diagonally extending stay at a position above where the diagonally extending stay couples to the vertically extending stay. According to another embodiment, a rigging assembly includes a spreader configured to extend from a mast, a vertically extending stay, and a diagonally extending stay coupled to the vertically extending stay and configured to extend to the mast. The spreader engages the diagonally extending stay at a position above where the diagonally extending stay couples to the vertically extending stay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Hall Spars, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter LEVESQUE, Eric Hall, Thomas Derecktor, Steven J. Winckler