Patents by Inventor Gerard Baulard-Caugan

Gerard Baulard-Caugan 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: 4385579
    Abstract: A sailing craft of the type which includes a floating hull, a mast secured to the hull, a sail mounted on the mast and rudder means, wherein the mast is pivotally mounted with an articulation near but spaced from the base thereof with respect to a substantially horizontal axis, and a pair of mobile fins having variable lift movably mounted, each on a respective one of the port and starboard sides of the hull, and a linkage interconnecting the mast and the mobile fins for actuating the fins such that they act in the water in a manner so as to tend to right the hull under the dynamic action of water on the fins in a direction opposite to the direction in which the mast pivots, and in which the craft would normally heel under the action of the wind to which it is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Inventor: Gerard Baulard-Caugan