Patents by Inventor Antonin P. Jira

Antonin P. Jira has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4753183
    Abstract: Wind propelled apparatus employing a mast and a sail, in particular a windsurfer for boardsailing is provided with a first boom, rigged in the usual fashion, and also having a second boom of reduced length and span rigged below the first boom, for use by a child, simultaneously with an adult operating the first boom. This double boom rig permits a child to learn the sport, be it ice boating, skateboard sailing, or the preferred windsurfing, under truly live conditions, while overcoming the greatest, and virtually insurmountable problem of uphauling, when the spar and sail are hauled up out of the water into a sailing attitude. The sail window is extended downwardly, or a junior sail window can be provided at the appropriate height. The attachment of the second, small size JUNIOR (TM) boom can be effected by recessig the sail, or by use of a power clamp or power clamps to the spar or to the sail, or to both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Inventor: Antonin P. Jira